Bummer: "Scientific" American on the alleged effect of trace amounts of CO2 on fossil-fueled power plants: "By the 2040s, available electricity could be down by 16 percent in the summertime"

How Climate Change May Impact Electricity Supplies: Scientific American Podcast

Ironic twist alert: most electricity production requires vast amounts of water. Cold water. Which means that climate change is going to be bad for electricity supplies.

...That problem is only going to get worse, according to an analysis in the journal Nature Climate Change. (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.) By the 2040s, available electricity could be down by 16 percent in the summertime. When you’d most like electricity. To run your air conditioner. To beat the heat. Told you it was ironic.