Re: [geo] CO2 mitigation via biomass-coal co-firing?

2011-08-04 Thread rongretlarson
Ken, Julia, List I only today re-read yesterday's note by Ken on Dr. Simbeck's video and saw that I had missed that of Dr. Pongratz. I think hers is the more important; it contains valuable new work. Her video does not, however, talk about managing and harvesting from the reforested area.

Re: [geo] My AGU abstract: We Don¹t Need a ³Geoengineering² Research Program

2011-08-04 Thread Gregory Benford
When developing the A-bomb, the US realized that the plausible size of plutonium bombs (Fat Man) demanded bigger planes to deliver them. This and other needs drove development of the B-29s, which in fact delivered Fat Man. No other airplane could. When time counts, carving R away from D is

[geo] Arctic methane workshop - report for AGU 2011 poster session

2011-08-04 Thread John Nissen
*TITLE: * Arctic Methane Workshop: An assessment of threats to Arctic and global warming; and an evaluation of techniques to counter these threats *PRESENTATION TYPE: * Poster Requested *CURRENT SECTION/FOCUS GROUP: * Global Environmental Change (GC) *CURRENT SESSION: * GC27. Permafrost and

Re: [geo] My AGU abstract: We Don¹t Need a ³Geoengineering² Research Program

2011-08-04 Thread Ken Caldeira
I think we need to be vigorously investigating every option that can plausibly reduce risk from climate change. So, I very much think we need to be investigating many things that have been called geoengineering. I do not think that it is helpful, however, to think of this as a geoengineering