As an opportunity for consciousness-raising it might be excellent. A little home geoeingineering project - driveway, gravel path, an upright citizen in the garden daring the legislature to' bring it on' - needn't wait for a bill to actually be passed to make for a fun story for somebody on the science beat.
It invites discussion of two important themes: sharpening the definition of 'geoengineering' into its different types, and undermining the presumption that it is exclusively a top-down elitist plot by 'them'. Why shouldn't some forms of GE seem like bottom-up activism? That won't fly with global-scale SRM, but it is well-fitted to olivine, biochar and 'regenerative farming'. For example, Charles Eisenstein's Guardian piece just posted to the list ( http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/09/we-need-regenerative-farming-not-geoengineering) denounces 'geoengineering' but it is actually a great polemic in favor of *some* forms of GE. Too bad he doesn't live in Rhode Island... he sounds ornery enough to pull off a publicity stunt, and very quotable. -- 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.
