A collective sigh of disappointment from U.N.-sanctioned climate scientists has found written expression this week via the publication of an 800-page interim Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on the planetary impacts of unabated global warming.

Suffice to say, the story is not a pretty one. Global temperatures have already risen almost 1 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels. In order to keep temperatures from increasing to levels that begin to hurt the global environment, the report insists that the energy demands of transportation, electricity, and agriculture be dramatically curtailed.