Minor correction: meeting was in 2006 at NASA-Ames. On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Ken Caldeira < [email protected]> wrote:
> A nicely done article. > > I would like to expand on one of Ray Pierrehumbert's comments. > > He is quoted as saying: > > “The term ‘solar radiation management’ is positively Orwellian. It’s a way > to increase comfort levels with this crazy idea.” —Raymond Pierrehumbert > He is right that it was created to inrease comfort level, but it was done > so with ironic intent. > > In 2007, I was organizing a meeting that took place at NASA-Ames. > (Incidentally, that meeting is where this google group started. > http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20070031204) > > There was some nervousness on the part of local NASA officials that the > term "geoengineering" might raise red flags back in Washington. At the > time, DOE was talking about "carbon management" which was a bureaucratic > way to speak about the potential for CO2 emissions reduction. > > To avoid the use of the word "geoengineering" in the meeting name, I > suggested that we create the term "Solar Radiation Managment" to use for > the workshop. It was meant as parody of US-government-style bureaucratic > jargon. It was meant as a joke and was intentionally obscurantist. We were > laughing about it at the time and never dreamed that it would become > standard jargon. > > The term "Solar Radiation Management" was meant to lower the profile of > the meeting while parodying Washington jargon. It amuses me that it has > become standard jargon. > > What started out as parody has moved on from its comedic roots. Comedy > has become drama. > > Incidentally, lately I have been using the term "solar geoengineering" as > my term of choice to refer to what SRM has come to denote. > > Best, > > Ken > _______________ > Ken Caldeira > > Carnegie Institution for Science > Dept of Global Ecology > 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA > +1 650 704 7212 [email protected] > http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab @kencaldeira > > *Caldeira Lab is hiring postdoctoral researchers.* > *http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab/Caldeira_employment.html* > > Our YouTube videos<http://www.youtube.com/user/CarnegieGlobEcology/videos> > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Simon Driscoll <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/511016/a-cheap-and-easy-plan-to-stop-global-warming/ >> >> Ray Pierrehumbert recently sent this to me, and I haven't seen this >> posted to the group (apologies if it has been and I missed it in a quick >> search), so I thought it may be of interest. >> >> All the best, >> >> Simon >> >> ________________________________________________ >> >> Simon Driscoll >> Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics >> Department of Physics >> University of Oxford >> >> Office: 01865 272930 >> Mobile: 07935314940 >> >> http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/contacts/people/driscoll >> http://www.geoengineering.ox.ac.uk/people/who-are-we/simon-driscoll/ >> http://80000hours.org/members/simon-driscoll >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "geoengineering" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
