Maggie (and list), Thanks for your response. However, there are a couple of problems with the stance you take.
Firstly, I'm simply looking to answer a physics / earth science question. The answer will be true whether we want it to be, or not. The world deals with many other distasteful comparisons, such as how much is a life worth in cost-benefit analyses. Secondly, even if we engage with the political angle you discuss, your logic doesn't necessarily bear scrutiny. People may choose to offset only the components of their emissions they have no control over, eg agriculture, government sector, etc. I'd suggest that those buying carbon credits are probably more prone to taking mitigation action than demographically matched controls. I'd welcome further dialogue. Thanks Andrew Lockley On 20 Aug 2015 23:49, "Maggie Zhou" <[email protected]> wrote: > "How many carbon credits is a tonne of SRM worth?" > > Seriously? This is precisely what geoengineering proponents promised that > it won't be used for - as a substitute in any way, shape or form to carbon > emission mitigation. To get acceptance for the idea of even funding > research into SRM or other geoengineering schemes in response to global > warming, the repeated promise was that it is not meant to replace emission > reductions, only a backup to buy us some time... > > Using SRM to generate carbon credits is EXACTLY to generate EXTRA carbon > emissions allowances - even though all SRM could do, at best, is masking > the true impact of the current GHG levels on warming while the spraying is > ongoing, without ever removing a single atom of carbon from the atmosphere > for which it's to claim carbon credit. In short, SRM will lead to even > MORE emissions, not less, and due to the masking and the lack of public > awareness that it's the masking that's keeping the temperatures from > shooting up even higher even quicker, it just helps keeping > business-as-usual longer, on top of ocean acidification, acid rain, > potential disruption of regional climate patterns, etc etc. > > > Maggie Zhou, PhD > https://www.facebook.com/maggie.zhou.543 > > > > > On Thursday, August 20, 2015 4:15 AM, Andrew Lockley < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > How many carbon credits is a tonne of SRM worth? > We could work this out as watts cooling or weight sulphur for weight > carbon. Doesn't really matter. > Thanks > Andrew > -- > 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.
