Greg
l still repeat that all those models are wrong. You don't need Keith's model to 
understand that local and regional climatologies are by nature diverse both in 
terms of mean values and dispersions as well as mitigating factors (e.g. land 
use and land cover). When some areas are warm and wet, others cold and dry 
while some others are moderate. Thence, there would never be a global 
thermostat but local or sub-regional ones, depending on the targets of the 
geoengineer. lf some will have advanced technologies for cooling their 
locations and sub-regions, others will just be the casualties of those 
interventions taking place elsewhere. As a result, the global macroclimate 
might be badly metamorphised due to unexpected outcomes of engineering. That 
risk is permanent and we need to look at it keenly instead promoting some 
knowledge we don't really own.
Thanks
Cush

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-------- Original message --------
From: Greg Rau <[email protected]> 
Date: 20/03/2017  00:17  (GMT+01:00) 
To: Geoengineering <[email protected]> 
Subject: [geo] A GE View from Down Under 
 
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2017/03/18/geoengineering-against-climate-change/14897556004351

"“Every major climate model that’s been run shows that if you have a moderate 
amount of solar geoengineering, say enough to cut the rate of warming in half, 
then almost all regions show both temperature and precipitation getting closer 
to pre-industrial,” says Keith. “If it’s true, it suggests it could really 
reduce climate risks a lot this century.”
Other climate scientists aren’t convinced by Keith’s plan. Raymond 
Pierrehumbert, at the University of Oxford, says ramping up and down solar 
geoengineering would still take close to a century. And there’d still be a risk 
of uncontrolled termination for a range of reasons including “economic 
collapse, war and disagreement per where to set the thermostat”."
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