Dear Andrew, I recall the group had discussions on what the definition of the Runaway greenhouse is (http://www.mail-archive.com/ [email protected]/msg01170.html). I gave the standard textbook definition from Wayne. Hansen thinks a Venus like state is possible or likely if all or most of fossil fuels are burned.
Sincerely, Oliver On Oct 10, 12:26 pm, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote: > There's a brief mention in the article John kindly forwarded to Jim > Hansen's opinion that the earth will go the way of Venus, desolate and > devoid of life. Scary stuff, which I'd dismiss out of hand if it > wasn't for Hansen's reputation. It's a new one on me, and I hope some > people on this list can comment. > > The only reference I could find to Hansen's views was this > linkhttp://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/AGUBjerknes_20081217.pdf > > I'd love to hear more. If this is a serious risk, we need to be > making a lot more fuss. > > A > > 2009/10/3 John Nissen <[email protected]>: > > > > > "It is not hard to imagine that if we fail to get a grip on the climate, > > civilisation will collapse altogether." > > >http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427282.900-earth-will-be-ok-b... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
