Pls note possible source http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Global-Warming-Geoengineering-is-not-politics/2947456 On Aug 7, 2012 9:42 PM, "David Stephen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> GEOENGINEERING IS NOT POLITICS > > It’s an election year, and the heat is on. The US presidential election > gets the world to pay attention, and somehow, informed people around the > world have their pick, albeit they are not eligible to vote. The election > is big, widely reported, and gets interesting. There are two major sides in > the election, when a side raises a point, the opponent counters. The > election, like in ‘08 is coming amidst economic issues and, wobbling > recovery; both sides have good stuffs, but this may never be admitted by > the opponent. > > Politics is found in other areas of business, aside from democratic > government setup, but it is limited or missing in a few areas. > Science research, for example, has not been about sides, where discovery > is made by one side and another side’s sole work is to invalidate it. What > normally follows is improvement. Developments in science and technology > won’t be where it is, if it was politically styled, but there are examples > of modern-day politics in some aspects of science and research, backed by > sides and interests. > > An example is global warming, an aspect of climate science that defines > upward shifts in the average temperature of the earth due to anthropogenic > activities. It is said to be responsible for climate change, or deviations > in usual weather conditions around the world. Global warming is an issue > canopied with the divide of believing or not-believing.There are researches > that are there to show that global warming is a lie, there are articles, > books, events and the no-action to curb emissions responsible for it. There > are, on the contrary, efforts for global warming. We see presently in > global warming, real, clear, politics, with offensive, defensive play. > > Politicizing global warming is bad for climate science, and bad for > progress. It has crept into a related area, climate engineering (or > geoengineering). Geoengineering is the deliberate large scale manipulation > of an environment process that affects the earth’s climate, in an attempt > to counteract anthropogenic global warming. ‘No one’ absolutely supports > geoengineering but there are ‘many’ against it. Scientists and policy folks > working on geoengineering continue to refer to disadvantages around the > subject, even when they present its possibilities; but there are those who > take the disadvantages and make it a call. > These folks are opponents and the former are somewhat proponents. > > Geoengineering ‘politics’ is wonderful. Where proponents talk about the > techniques, its good and unknowns; sincerely saying mitigation is better, > and other stuffs that lists the techniques as risky. Opponents allude > geoengineering disadvantages, presenting it like proponents do not talk > about it; denigrating the subject in ways that present proponents as > serving their interests, for a co-owned planet. Opponents of geoengineering > also have claims on stuffs about the subject they believe is ongoing. > Nobody wants geoengineering, and this is the truth. Scientists proposed it > as a quick-fix solution if the earth’s climate is about a tipping point, > while action on mitigation catches up. > > Scientists, with all the evidence cannot control World Leaders to > collectively mitigate emissions -- effectively. World Leaders on the other > hand, cannot control mitigation-dependent situations like current economic > woes -- fast enough, and adoption of renewables -- extensively. > Geoengineering came off this understanding. It is, at this time not certain > for large-scale deployment, and has a long way to that destination, if it > ever will. Geoengineering is now like politics, because there is an > opposition; but scientists and policy folks want to avoid an exchange. > > Responding to every claim, will stain the subject; but it is now necessary > to make moves on the defensive, that will be indirect, but will save > efforts on geoengineering from being misinterpreted; since the opposition > will continue to bash the subject and those working on it. Their clear > information and evidence will coax more people against the subject, than > scientist’s academic-styled reports. Geoengineering is being researched, > and it is a broad term. Real geoengineering (or climate engineering) work > is limited to certain countries, but related activities classified as > geoengineering ‘is taken’ for deployments in other regions including the > States, Europe and Australia. > > Geoengineering is not politics and will not be politics, because > scientists understand the risks. It is however advisable to start > developing geoengineering presentably for the public, where the media will > not solely have the power for reports, and technical-terms will not > discourage interests. More meetings in ‘new’ countries, interactive and > updated sets of websites, research regulations and clear objectives will > save the subject from one-sided zeal -- politicizing geoengineering. > > -- > 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<[email protected]> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscribe@* > *googlegroups.com <geoengineering%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/geoengineering?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. 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