Andrew and list:
I found the full original article is more interesting/important than the news article and the 70 some comments that were there a few minutes ago. The main article (free) can be found at: http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/6/4/044006/pdf/1748-9326_6_4_044006.pdf with two links to supplementary data (the full survey questions and how they looked on the computer screen) I wonder if the authors (A M Mercer, D W Keith and J D Sharp - some presumably read this list) would be interested in seeing how this list would respond (and reporting the results back to us). The full analysis program looks like it should be ready to go. I need to do more careful reading - but so far I am most surprised that the words "ocean acidification" and "unplanned early stoppage" never appeared. Sentences #9 bothered me because CDR is part of Geoengineering and is never mentioned by name or concept: "9. Do you think that geoengineering should be used as a solution to global warming? [4 point scale: strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, somewhat agree, strongly agree, I am unsure] " (To be fair, notice is given that SRM is only one part of geoengineering - but the CDR part is never mentioned. My answer to this one would cause me to look inconsistent - as this question had no space for an open-ended answer. There are a few later open-ended opportunities - and I'd like to see some of those.) In sum, I think the article is a useful start at this topic of public understanding and beliefs on SRM - especially as there is some analysis of what types of individuals are responding in two main groups. I hope the survey can be repeated with other groups who have had more exposure to the SRM topic (through "Deliberative Polling" or similar) and to the CDR portion as well. I repeat - I need to re-read the article. I respond now only to help others get past the news item identified by Andrew - to the article itself. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Lockley" <andrew.lock...@gmail.com> To: "geoengineering" <geoengineering@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 4:02:36 PM Subject: [geo] Slash dot blog post http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/24/1941257/Public-Supports-Geo-engineering?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=twitter "The BBC is reporting that there is strong support among the public in the U.S., U.K., and Canadafor research into geo-engineering with approximately 72% respondents supporting the research (PDF). The survey was focused on solar radiation management. The article also mentions the U.K. Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE) project, which would inject water particles into the upper atmosphere as a prelude to spraying cooling sulphate. Researchers for the SPICE project calculate that 10-20 balloons could cool the global climate by 2C. Also mentioned in the article is the voluntary moratorium on the procedure by the international Convention on Biological Diversity." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
