Re: [geo] HOME/ETC Group Targets IPCC

2011-06-20 Thread Alvia Gaskill
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110618/wl_afp/unclimatewarmingtechnologyengineeringipcc_20110618101020 Note especially the use of the term quick fix as if any of the technologies could be used quickly and of the term solutions, as if these would solve the underlying problem. I also recall that

Re: [geo] HOME/ETC Group Targets IPCC

2011-06-20 Thread rongretlarson
Holly (cc Alvia and List) Mostly I agreed with your remarks below. But, like Ms. Gaskill, I was surprised at your statement on rising temperatures. The cruciality of rising temperatures is one of the few areas where most on this list - CDR and SRM alike - agree. We are concerned not about

Re: [geo] HOME/ETC Group Targets IPCC

2011-06-20 Thread Holly Buck
Ron-- great revision; much more accurate. My main point was that people against geoengineering are deeply concerned with these causal / structural problems, and see geoengineering as an excuse to not look at the deeper drivers of our high-temperature problem. Some language expressing that

[geo] Planting forests won't stop global warming

2011-06-20 Thread Andrew Lockley
www.newscientist.com/mobile/article/dn20587-planting-forests-wont-stop-global-warming.html Pls excuse bare link, I'm on my phone A -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To post to this group, send email to

[geo] Planting forests won't stop global warming

2011-06-20 Thread Andrew Lockley
www.newscientist.com/mobile/article/dn20587-planting-forests-wont-stop-global-warming.html Pls excuse bare link, I'm on my phone A -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To post to this group, send email to

[geo] IPSO calls for geoengineering

2011-06-20 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/science-environment-13796479?SThisEM Ipso calls for geoengineering, argues against ocean fertilization, and claims 6th mass extinction may be happening. All jolly exciting. May we live (briefly) in interesting times. I'm thinking of running a book on the date for

[geo] Re: Planting forests won't stop global warming

2011-06-20 Thread Dan Whaley
Another poorly titled article. (For an excellent recent treatment on the importance of getting headlines right, see Joe Romm's recent post here: http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/06/18/247938/crappy-headline-ruins-new-york-times-story-climate-change-extreme-weather/ ) The headline should have

[geo] Cost of Air Capture and the APS report

2011-06-20 Thread David Keith
Several recent posts have referred to the American Physical Society's report on Air Capture. We posted a critique of the report and in turn the APS released an updated version that-using a post-facto kluge-addressed two of the errors that had identified. The our comments are posted on

Re: [geo] oxford talk 27th Jun 2011 4:00pm-5:30pm

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Wigley
Dear all, There are some excellent works on climate ethics. Here are two that I enjoyed ... The Ethics of Climate Change, James Garvey, Continuum International Publishing Group, London, 2008. One World, The Ethics of Globalization, Peter Singer, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2004 (2nd

Re: [geo] Deep ocean disposal

2011-06-20 Thread Guy Lakeman
Is undersea water fully concentrated with CO2 ??? CO2 is absorbed much better in water under pressure Pump it into the deep areas of the ocean and lose it or store it for plant growth later / On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Stephen Salter s.sal...@ed.ac.uk wrote: ** Mike We could