I think that what Ken is proposing is less a policy than a principle around which to organize policies. There's been much talk of metaphors and framing and this sounds like the kernel of, well, a slogan. Which might sound condescending, but is not; these are the building blocks to political action. A vivid metaphor that captures both aspects of SRM strategy would be very useful as a rallying cry.
On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:36:02 AM UTC-6, Ken Caldeira wrote: > > We do not want to be in a situation where a solar geoengineering system is > used to enable continued increases in CO2 emissions. > > Therefore, a reasonable demand is that no new smokestacks or tailpipes be > built after a solar geoengineering system is deployed. > > Another way of phrasing this is to demand that new construction of all new > CO2-emitting devices cease prior to any solar geoengineering system > deployment. > > This would help address the concern that solar geoengineering could > provide cover for continued expansion of CO2-emitting industries. > > Norms that would prevent simultaneous solar geoengineering deployment and > increasing CO2 emissions would help diminish the likelihood of bad outcomes > and could help broaden political support for solar geoengineering research. > > -- > > This would limit deployment of solar geoengineering systems to the case of > "catastrophic" outcomes and would not permit use of solar geoengineering > for "peak shaving" amid promises of future reductions in CO2 emissions. > Thus, this proposal does have a substantive implications for "peak > shaving" strategies. > > -- > > *I am floating this idea without being certain that the formulation > presented here is the best possible formulation.* > > _______________ > Ken Caldeira > > Carnegie Institution for Science > Dept of Global Ecology > 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA > +1 650 704 7212 [email protected] <javascript:> > http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab @kencaldeira > > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
