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Hi all, Nice to see comments at the end of the NERC magazine article [1] from Ron Larson and Erich Knight about biochar, which was not treated fairly in the Royal Society report [2]. However the NERC Dialogue report itself [3] does include an unfavourable implication about the space efficiency of biochar [4], which is rather unfair. For both SRM (solar radiation management) and CDR (CO2 removal), we are surely going to need a combination of methods. Is this generally appreciated? SRM is needed most urgently for cooling the Arctic, but this does not seem to have been discussed. What would people say, if it were suggested that geoengineering was the only way to stop the Arctic melting and save the polar bears - two of the effects of climate change that even children know about [4]? Cheers, John [1] http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/features/story.aspx?id=744 [2] http://royalsociety.org/geoengineering-the-climate/ [3] http://www.nerc.ac.uk/about/consult/geoengineering.asp [4] Ibid. There is an implication about space-effectiveness of biochar on page 64: Photographs have the potential to take people down the wrong track (for example the Biochar image used in the dialogue materials suggested it was a very space-effective way of geoengineering, which may have been misleading). [5] Ibid. On page 62: The young people’s group in Birmingham explained that at school they use the _expression_ “global warming” rather than “climate change”, gathered from science and geography lessons. When asked to give examples of climate change, they mentioned polar bears and other animals becoming extinct, the ice caps melting, and the greenhouse effect. Their language assumed the role of humankind in this. -- 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. |
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