Ken's history is right: 2006. I still prefer another term we tossed around there: solar climate control.
Of course any short term can be misread. Gregory Benford On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Ken Caldeira <[email protected] > wrote: > 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. > > > -- 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.
