"What is being considered is not just a set of contraptions but a huge social arrangement and a new global infrastructure – a so-called megaproject."
Well, our current megaproject, ubiquitous fossil energy use and unsustainable population growth, got us to this point, so it's clear we can do things and influence things on a global scale, no novelty here. But if we can't effectively steer or modify (in time) our current megaproject, is the consideration of further corrective "megaprojects" (social, political and technological) unthinkable/unwise? In any case, it would appear that we need to learn to do megaprojects correctly or suffer the consequences. Greg >________________________________ > From: Andrew Lockley <andrew.lock...@gmail.com> >To: geoengineering <geoengineering@googlegroups.com> >Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2014 11:14 PM >Subject: [geo] Climate Engineering and the Contraption Fallacy - Guest Post - >Olaf Corry, Open University | WGC > > > >http://dcgeoconsortium.org/2014/05/06/guest-post-olaf-corry-open-university-climate-engineering-and-the-contraption-fallacy/?utm_source=feedly&utm_reader=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guest-post-olaf-corry-open-university-climate-engineering-and-the-contraption-fallacy >Climate Engineering and the Contraption Fallacy – Guest Post – Olaf Corry, >Open University | WGC >May 6, 2014 >Introduction in lieu of abstract >Considering climate engineering as a range of technical apparatuses makes it >look too easy. Viewing them as megaprojects would be more hard-headed.Aerosols >in the stratosphere, artificial trees or spraying sea water to whiten clouds – >many consider climate engineering essentially to be a range of technologies >designed to either extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or reflect more >sunlight back out into space to counter global warming.Inventors and >scientists – but also policy-makers – tend to focus primarily on the physical >apparatus and technical systems: how would climate engineering options work >and perhaps how much would they cost?While this is a natural place to start it >also misses a huge part of the question. What is being considered is not just >a set of contraptions but a huge social arrangement and a new global >infrastructure – a so-called megaproject. -- >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 geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- 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 geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
