Dear Alan,
I don't think it's so ridiculous. There is a lot of agreement about the
seriousness of the situation, and that just reducing emissions is not
the whole solution.
Kind regards,
John
Alan Robock wrote:
Dear John,
Don't be ridiculous. There is no consensus among readers of
Alan,
I would not want to be alligned with any gung-ho brigade, but I do think it is
foolish to emphasize the risks of geoengineering to the neglect of the risks of
relying solely on emissions reductions.
I think selected technologies that pass the test of scale, of reversibility, of
Alan's point, I believe, is that the geoengineering group is a listserv, not
an organization. Hence a call for a manifesto should make clear that any such
document would not be issued on behalf of the geoengineerin group but rather
on behalf of those who sign it. References to the
Peter, well done. Emission reduction is not a slam dunk and even if it goes
through the hoop the whistle could blow and the points won't count. And as
you know my position is that history shows the globe is getting hotter in
any case; and the history should not be ignored. Geo will be ultimately
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Alan Robock rob...@envsci.rutgers.edu
wrote:
There is no consensus among readers of this group.
A few of you are completely gung ho, with no interest in evaluating the
risks as well as the benefits of any policy recommendation, but that
does not represent
I was not expecting my email response to be published verbatim, but here it
is:
http://scitizen.com/stories/climate-change/2009/09/Geoengineering-the-climate--science-governance-and-uncertainty/
Geoengineering the climate : science, governance and uncertainty
23 Sep, 2009 03:17 pm
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- Original Message -
From: Leslie Field
To: Peter Read
Cc: Leslie Field
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:26 AM
Subject: Re: [geo] Re: Manifesto for Geoengineering
Hi Peter,
My email reply to you didn't post to the google group, as I'm not a member.
Not sure that's an action
What effects do sulfuric acid and silica have on the atmosphere and
the weather. If I remember correctly sulfuric acid will cause the
ozone hole to enlarge. That's a bad idea since scientists and the EPA
have worked for years to restore the ozone layer and this is the first
year we have seen
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climate front, please watch this video and report back if you don't
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defined as the deliberate large scale intervention in the Earth's climate
system, in order to moderate global warming (Royal Society Policy Document
10/09, para 3)
visit http://royalsociety.org/displaypagedoc.asp?id=35151
- Original Message -
From: Frank Parry jzboc...@yahoo.com
To:
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Oliver Wingenter
oliver.wingen...@gmail.com wrote:
I would like see the real names attached to each post associated with this
group. I think it fair to know who is contributing to the discussions here.
On Green-India
Sounds interesting! I am looking forward to finding out more
information
On Sep 23, 11:09 pm, Peter Read pre...@attglobal.net wrote:
defined as the deliberate large scale intervention in the Earth's climate
system, in order to moderate global warming (Royal Society Policy Document
10/09, para
read the download. but note that it is misleading regarding the risks
associated with biochar technology and ocean cloud albedo enhancement
- Original Message -
From: Frank Parry jzboc...@yahoo.com
To: geoengineering geoengineering@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009
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