OK, thanks. Survival/adaptation it is. That simplifies things; I'm investing in seawall construction and air conditioning companies so I might be able to afford to survive/adapt. Greg
On 6/10/14 2:46 PM, "Keith Henson" <hkeithhen...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Greg Rau <gh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> One wonders if the money would be better spent on reducing the cause of >>the problem - CO2 emissions, or are we too late for that? > >It's more that there isn't a good idea of how to do it. More >accurately, there isn't a widely accepted idea of how to replace the >energy we get from fossil fuels, particularly from liquid >hydrocarbons. You are probably sick of my harping on how I think it >could be solved, but I don't know of any other solutions that scale >large enough or generate energy at a low enough cost to avoid an >economic collapse. > >Do you? > >Make a case for one. If it's better than the one I have been working >on, I will switch. > >Though it's pointed in a slightly different direction, David MacKay's >_Sustainable Energy - without the hot air_ is applicable and well >worth reading. > >> And what is the CO2 footprint and environmental impact of building a >>seawall? > >It's not exactly the same thing, but the cost from Sandy, the storm >that is the reason for the project, was $65 B. If they can put in a >seawall for $3.7 B and it prevents this magnitude of damage from only >one similar storm in the next few decades, the payback will be on the >order of 20 to one. > >> Interesting how more costly climate change survival trumps less costly >>climate change avoidance. Good luck with that. Greg > >Make a case for "less costly." Measure it in dollars or human lives or >both. > >Keith > >> CITIES: >> >> 'Big U' plan to protect Manhattan from storm surges begins with a sea >>wall > >-- >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.
