I was at a dinner last night where someone asked 'Is there someway to get the sulfur into the stratosphere without putting up chemicals?'
I think the word 'chemical' had a negative connotation for this person. I asked, 'Is water a chemical?' -- My guess is that public opinion will be sensitive to the framing and vocabulary. For example, I would guess more people would be against an 'injection' of material than a 'placement' of material. They would probably prefer 'compounds' to a 'chemicals'. Etc, etc. People would probably prefer 'emulating effects of volcanoes' to 'injecting sulfate chemicals to create an artificially engineered aerosol layer.' etc, etc On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote: > http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-014-1317-7 > > Climatic Change > February 2015 > > Exploring public perceptions of stratospheric sulfate injection > > Christine Merk, Gert Pönitzsch, Carola Kniebes, Katrin Rehdanz, Ulrich > Schmidt > > Abstract > > Injecting sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere could quickly offset > global warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Because > the technology would have global side effects, it raises not only > technological but also political, ethical, and social concerns. Therefore, > research on sulfate injection should be accompanied by a global debate that > incorporates public perceptions and concerns into the development and > governance of the technology. Our paper provides insight into public > perceptions and explores their underlying patterns using a survey conducted > in Germany. The data reveal a differentiated picture. Laboratory research > on sulfate injection is broadly approved, whereas field research is much > less approved. Immediate deployment is largely rejected. The acceptance of > the technology is associated with the belief that climate change is a > serious problem and that humans will eventually be able to control nature. > It is also determined by the levels of trust in scientists and firms. Among > the strongest objections against the technology is the belief that humans > should not manipulate nature in the way injecting sulfate would. The actual > public perceptions of sulfate injection will, however, evolve along with > the ongoing debate between the public, experts, and policymakers. > > -- > 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/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 [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/d/optout.
