Also this: http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/02/hack-the-planet-comprehensive-report-suggests-thinking-carefully-first/ To quote:
"In the end, the report clearly comes down in favor of research into carbon removal technology. "Overall, there is much to be gained and very low risk in pursuing multiple parts of a portfolio of [carbon removal] strategies that demonstrate practical solutions over the short term and develop more cost-effective, regional-scale and larger solutions for the long term," it concludes. "In contrast, even the best albedo modification strategies are currently limited by unfamiliar and unquantifiable risks and governance issues rather than direct costs." But beyond the research programs, it's clear that neither of these approaches is ready for deployment, and it's not clear that either of them can ever be made ready, a fact driven home by the cancellation of what would have been the US' largest carbon capture experiment<http://fortune.com/2015/02/06/as-the-feds-pull-out-dreams-of-clean-coal-fade/>. That's in sharp contrast with non-emitting power sources, where technology is already mature and costs are in many cases already competitive with those of fossil fuels." Very unfortunate that CDR is again equated with CCS. The potential approaches and success of the former need not be tied to the ongoing failure of the latter. Greg From: "J.L. Reynolds" <j.l.reyno...@uvt.nl<mailto:j.l.reyno...@uvt.nl>> Reply-To: "j.l.reyno...@uvt.nl<mailto:j.l.reyno...@uvt.nl>" <j.l.reyno...@uvt.nl<mailto:j.l.reyno...@uvt.nl>> Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:11 PM To: geoengineering <geoengineering@googlegroups.com<mailto:geoengineering@googlegroups.com>> Subject: [geo] National Academies reports Yesterday , a committee of the National research Council released a two volume report on climate engineering. They are available here http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18988/climate-intervention-reflecting-sunlight-to-cool-earth http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18805/climate-intervention-carbon-dioxide-removal-and-reliable-sequestration One must register to download, but may read online without doing so. The newly renamed Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment (formerly the Washington Geoengineering Consortium) has handy roundups of media coverage and NGO reactions. I found the latter interesting, in that Friends of the Earth US came out fully against climate engineering while the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Environmental Defense Fund were supportive of the reports and further research (with varying degrees of caution expressed). http://dcgeoconsortium.org/2015/02/10/media-coverage-of-nas-climate-intervention-reports/ http://dcgeoconsortium.org/2015/02/10/civil-society-statements-on-the-release-of-nas-climate-intervention-reports/ The press conference was webcast. Some people “live tweeted” it. See https://twitter.com/elikint https://twitter.com/janieflegal https://twitter.com/TheCarbonSink https://twitter.com/mclaren_erc Cheers Jesse ----------------------------------------- Jesse L. Reynolds, PhD Postdoctoral researcher Research funding coordinator, sustainability and climate European and International Public Law Tilburg Sustainability Center Tilburg University, The Netherlands Book review editor, Law, Innovation, and Technology email: j.l.reyno...@uvt.nl<mailto:j.l.reyno...@uvt.nl> http://works.bepress.com/jessreyn/ -- 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<mailto:geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com<mailto: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.
