thanks for posting that, Owen. The sulfur dioxide release was news to
me too.
It isn't news that nuclear power is getting more attractive by the
minute. I can remember a Japanese guy saying to me twenty years ago,
of course we use nuclear power. You're lucky you have other choices.
We don't. (But our time came, didn't it?) True all over Europe too,
btw, that nuclear power is in wide use.
SFI is doing some interesting things with modeling cities. They don't
follow the same laws as biological bodies.
Pamela
On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
Anthropocene: I love it! The number of potential stunts is
growing, which is a good thing .. giving a more complete palette of
choice. But, spooky for sure.
The sulfur dioxide event Stewart talked about was new to me. That
a relatively small sulfur dioxide release caused that much change?
Surprising.
I also liked Stewart's acceptance of Nukes. They're green by any
standard I can think of.
And his final point: what would the international law issues be? ..
can you imagine a war over two country's disagreement as to what
methods are legal?
-- Owen
On Jul 13, 2009, at 11:01 PM, Robert Holmes wrote:
Here's a scary article on geoengineering from this month's The
Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200907/climate-engineering
What gives me the willies is how cheap it is: easily affordable by
a Gates or a Branson or anyone else with deep pockets and no
public accountability. Yes it might work but it could also go
horribly wrong. As the article has it "it’s like fighting obesity
with a corset, and a diet of lard and doughnuts"
-- Robert
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Owen Densmore
<[email protected]> wrote:
Stewart does it again:
http://www.ted.com/talks/
stewart_brand_proclaims_4_environmental_heresies.html
-- Owen
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