Concluding paragraph: > "This article is premised upon an assumption that climate engineering field > research would not only be a public good, but also a beneficial one. The > validity of this assumption relies upon at least two specific future > developments. The first is that outdoors research will be able to proceed in > reasonable and justified steps in terms of scale, perturbation, and risks > generated. This depends upon both the ability of researchers to design > informative, low risk experiments and the underlying physical reality of the > natural world. The second is that such research is carried out responsibly, > in the interests of a broad global public, and consistent with social and > legal norms. This remains largely within the sphere of human agency. > Scientists, policy makers, and other involved actors can—and arguably have a > duty to—act in a manner that maximizes the probability of this path. > Compensation for harm as part of a wider international regulatory regime will > be necessary for this." > > Good to hear that this is in "the sphere of human agency" and reason, and not > the work of the devil. The question then is when will humans be sufficiently > motivated to install the above and scientifically determine the risk/reward > ratio of this approach. This would allow informed public decisions on > deployment in the very unfortunate circumstance that human agency and reason > continue to fail to adequately address the GHG problem by other means. > > Greg > > >> On Jul 19, 2015, at 1:05 AM, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> --047d7bf10b20def3ef051b35e1b8 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> Attached. Obtained from : >> >> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2630934 >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> --047d7bf10b20def3ef051b35e1b8 >> Content-Type: text/html; ch
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