[geo] China geoengineering

2015-09-19 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://www.china-geoengineering.org/ WHAT IS GEOENGINEERING? Geoengineering also referred to as climate engineering, is deliberate and large-scale intervention of Earth’s climate system in order to mitigate climate warming. Two kinds of techniques are involved in geoengineering, Carbon Dioxide

[geo] Called to account - bioenergy's carbon footprint

2015-09-19 Thread Andrew Lockley
Poster's note : relevant to BECCS, and more generally to vegetation models http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/features/story.aspx?id=1750=A Called to account - bioenergy's carbon footprint 5 December 2014 Bioenergy - the name alone implies it's a good thing, environmentally speaking. But everything

Re: [geo] CIGI : assessing scientific legitimacy: the case of marine geoengineering

2015-09-19 Thread Stephen Salter
Bhaskar I agree about excess fertilizer but there could be arguments about 'excess'. It would be hard to stop all fertilizer use. There does not seem to be a 'reasonable amount' of plastic. Stephen Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design. School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh,

[geo] Re: Reduce, recycle, remove: what waste management can teach us about controlling carbon emissions — The Center for Carbon Removal

2015-09-19 Thread Brian Cartwright
Posted this morning in response: You accept without question the status quo approach to “trash”: "1) reduce waste production, 2) recycle as much of the remaining waste as possible, and 3) remove the rest in sealed landfills that protect the environment from the consequences of this pollution."

Re: [geo] CIGI : assessing scientific legitimacy: the case of marine geoengineering

2015-09-19 Thread M V Bhaskar
Stephen And what about the sewage and fertilizer flowing into oceans. If the problems caused by these are to be solved, something has to be done to solve the problem. Dosing Iron is one of the solutions. What about arresting the decline in fish in Oceans and restoring them back to

[geo] Event Monday, and others | FCEA

2015-09-19 Thread Andrew Lockley
Poster's note : some previous talks are archived on this page. http://dcgeoconsortium.org/events/ The Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment: Unpacking the social and political implications of climate engineering Monday, September 21, 2015 “Why climate engineering and sustainable agriculture