List 1. The subject of ethics and morality have been key to this list discussions, especially over the last week. .As I was further researching this list's discussion on this topic, I came on a short message string introduced by Andrew Lockley on April 11. Andrew, as is his welcome style, alerted us to a short review article of three books on ethics and geoengineering (by Broome, Hamilton, and Gardiner). The article appeared in the April MIT Technology Review, written by the Magazine's editor: David Rotman. The 6 short pages can be down loaded easily at http://www.technologyreview.com/review/513526/climate-change-the-moral-choices/
2. Rotman's 3rd and 4th sentences read (emphasis added): "Over the last few years, researchers have calculated that some of the resulting changes to the earth's climate, including increased temperature, are more persistent still: even if emissions are abruptly ended and carbon dioxide levels gradually drop, the temperature will stubbornly remain elevated for a thousand years or more. The earth's thermostat is essentially being turned up and there are no readily foreseeable ways to turn it back down; even risky geoengineering schemes would at best offset the higher temperatures only temporarily. " 3. I have not yet read any of the three books, and Mr .Rotman may not be up on both the SRM and CDR parts of Geoengneering, but I believe one can't possibly get the ethics of either geoengineering or SRM correct if you believe CDR has this presumed dismal future . This does seem to conform to the quote I used last week re Prof. Hamilton's view of biochar's assumed future clmate/geoengineering insignificance. 4. I had not realized that the ethics profession could get the fundamentals so wrong - of huge importance to Jim Hansen and the 350.org groups. Or does the fault lie only with Mr. Rotman? Either way, large numbers have received a very disheartening (and I believe inaccurate) future climate message -one that helps only one side of geoengineering.. Ron -- 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.
