David
same old mind-set of controlling nature.
Controlling nature vs controlling human behaviour.
This is the issue to be discussed.
Nature is more predictable and controllable.
Human behavior is more unpredictable and hence less controllable.
Unfortunately, many people dream of controlling
The ETC paper is quite interesting -
Harvard physicist and geoengineering advocate, David Keith,
describes geoengineering in the context of climate change as ‘a
countervailing measure, one that uses additional technology to counteract
unwanted side effects without eliminating their root
List - with ccs to Greg and others (including at ETC)
I write mainly to bring the CDR technologies into our discussion about ETC's
views. I hope the following will also be considered as an input into the
ethics/philosophy discussion that is taking place simultaneously on this list.
I view
Robert,
I don't make an argument that aerosol geoengineering is unnecessary. The
paper I sent, which includes a section calling for further geoengineering
research, is sympathetic to the possibility that geoengineering may be
ethically permissible (or even obligatory) in emergency scenarios. Now,
I thought that this talk might be of interest. They live-stream these talks
so that they are viewable over the Web (check their web site for
information).
Mike
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