Greg: >"What could possibly go wrong" is that by continuing to not take CDR and SRM >seriously (Mann and >Toles), we will increasingly commit ourselves to drastic emissions reduction - >"the simplest safest >solution...to address the problem at its root cause" - last line in the >chapter.
It seems more likely that by taking CDR and SRM seriously, that we will increasingly commit ourselves to increasing emissions, as at some unknown time in the future we might be able to remove those emissions or compensate for them. Social dynamics, established power relations, and ideas about appropriate development, seem geared to increase emissions, and any excuse will do. This is not to say CDR and SRM are not potentially useful technologies but it would seem that if we don't use them together with a serious emissions reduction project then they will prove 'simple and dangerous', especially if we use techniques that are likely to lead to carbon dioxide release over time. jon UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
