Hi,
I think geoeng sells itself much better when we talk supportively to projects like Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maatshai's efforts to re-green Africa, this removes loads of CO2, increases biodiversity etc. Albedo change can be addressed by planting lighter crops and plant variants if there is a pressing need to bring local temperatures down. We do not make friends by telling others that their emissions cuts through better insulation, renewable energy, nuclear energy, carbon sequesteration, sustainable transport etc. Neither we do make friends with people who prepare higher sea walls and forest fires, draughts, floods and disease epidemics that climate change may bring to urban and other planners. So, by supporting everybody one best supports his own cause (geoengineering) as we all are at the same problem from different perspective. Veli Albert Kallio > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:35:37 +0100 > Subject: [geo] Re: Televised debate > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > > Dear Alvia and Samuel, > > You're right, that was bad phrasing on my part. > > In any case we would not take that university debating club approach of > debating a 'statement' - I was just trying to get the idea across... > > Best, > > Gus > > > On 30/04/2009 15:26, "Alvia Gaskill" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Why the hell would anyone agree to a debate based on such a strawman > > argument? Almost no one involved in geoengineering research or discussion > > would agree with your premise. We all agree that reducing emissions must > > proceeed at an expedited, but realistic pace. Geoengineering is simply to > > buy time and prevent accumlating irreversible damage along the way. A > > better debate topic would be whether or not geoengineering should be done at > > all, addressing the major arguments for and against that we here are all too > > familiar with, but that the public or whatever your audience consists of is > > not. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gus Lamb" <[email protected]> > > To: "geoengineering" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:03 AM > > Subject: [geo] Televised debate > > > > > >> > >> Dear all, > >> > >> We at One Planet Pictures are interested in setting up a televised debate > >> on > >> geoengineering. Something on the lines of: "This house believes we should > >> give up trying to reduce emissions and concentrate instead on finding a > >> technofix". > >> > >> Can anyone suggest any companies or institutions that might be interested > >> in > >> sponsoring such a debate? > >> > >> Many thanks > >> > >> Gus > >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Share your photos with Windows Live Photos – Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
