Hi Group, I'd like to try a social online experiment with this group (against my better judgement of not wanting to be pigeon-holed into advocating for one specific geoengineering solution). Sure, it's in part self-motivated because I just published an article entitled "what is direct air capture <http://carbonalist.com/2017/05/what-is-direct-air-capture-pt1/>? (part 1)" and I plan on continuing to answer that question in future posts. I always like it when more people read what I have to say. However, I would much rather increase the number of people who are asking that question, irrespective of any online recognition, and pull out of the wood work others who are well positioned to answer that question.
My personal viewpoint is that direct air capture is NOT a silver bullet to solving climate change, nor something that will necessarily work at scale, nor is better positioned than any of the other many concepts presented in this group. During the few short years when I was working inside that industry for the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, I gathered a lot of anecdotal information and now feel compelled to get it out through the blogging section on my website. I do think that as an "out there" technology, the approach provides a unique hook for people who are just beginning to think about carbon dioxide removal - or geoengineering more broadly and can expand the number of people who want to engage with this community. I started a hashtag #WhatIsDAC on twitter. If you have positive, negative, or inquistive feelings about the topic - please express them in 140 characters. Let's collectively see where it goes! Christophe -- Christophe Jospe LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/christophe-jospe/20/664/9a> -- 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.
