I fully endorse the comments below and I respectfully ask the notable Scientists among us to put their names forward for a role in the advisory board of an 'Institute of Geoengineering' which would fulfil this function and others.
A 2009/1/11 Oliver Wingenter <[email protected]>: > > Dear Colleagues, > > I think the time is rapidly approaching that a Geoengineering Projects > Evaluation Panel (or something like it) be set up to evaluate and > recommend projects for deployment. > > We don't need the likes Dr. Dogooder, his trusted colleagues, backed > by the Mr.BigandRich Foundation or the Crowned Prince of Dubai going > out and Cowboying it. Plans for a large scale geoengineering need to > well thought out. There exists potential projects that can be done at > the 1 to 10s million dollar range. > > The Board should international in nature and be composed of scientists > from many disciplines. A seemingly innocent regional project may have > the potential to disrupt global dynamics if a key temperature or > buoyancy gradients are disrupted. Plans for a pilot research projects > should be quickly separated from larger scale activities so as not to > burden research as in theLOHAFEX case. The board should have at its > disposal sufficient expertise and resources to do independent modeling > studies to verify claims of the applicant and to bring out possible > unforeseen consequences. The panel's mission should not be just to > tear down projects but to aim to improve them. > > Sincerely, > > Oliver Wingenter > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
