A very well put argument for starting SRM very soon and for trying to keep the global climate as close as possible to the situation over recorded history- preindustrial.
Even trying to stop at todays situation isnt good enough. The Arctic is melting and will continue to at todays temperatures.We must go back at least a bit to stop this. john gorman ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "geoengineering" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:48 PM Subject: [geo] the limits of geoengineering? > > Perhaps it is the case that the window of opportunity for geoeng > doesn't so much close as get rapidly smaller. In general the sooner > the relevant earth systems adjustments are implemented the better--the > longer we wait the more likely will be a cascading of non-benign > effects of global warming so that we find ourselves very much in the > position of running to catch up as what we are chasing rapidly picks > up speed....so yes, by all means do the relevant sums, while > acknowledging that we really don't have enough information to know > whether or not the sums we are doing are the relevant ones, given the > complexity of the systems we are interacting with. > > Above all let's keep on telling people why we need solar radiation > management/greenhouse gas remediation/climate intervention--if that > message gets across then funding, political will and actually getting > on with it will become a real possibility. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
