Dear Geo Group, One last time.
If say Dr. Guru has a plan to keep see water from rising. He writes a paper. Some how Prince Dubai gets a hold of it and says. "Holy Paula Abdula, I can save my billion dollar casino that is 1 m above water. He contacts Guru. Guru says we are going to need a lot of ship. Dubai, no problem we have ships. Guru we need a lot of Fe(II)SO4. No problem sulfuric acid from waste sulfur and sand has Fe, we make FeSO4. Guru says good. Now Dr. Guru asks Prince Dubai, do you have an application form for geoengineering planned in the Southern Ocean? No, says Dubai. Where do I get the form? Guru, I don't know either. Dubai, there must be a committee somewhere. Guru, I don't know? Who cares says Dubai. Lets just do it anyway. Guru, sure it will work. Help prevent this nightmare. Oliver Wingenter On Jan 11, 12:14 pm, Oliver Wingenter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
