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

2011-08-06 Thread rongretlarson
...@carnegie.stanford.edu To: xbenf...@gmail.com Cc: mmacc...@comcast.net, Geoengineering@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 10:23:51 PM Subject: Re: [geo] My AGU abstract: We Don¹t Need a ³Geoengineering² Research Program I think we need to be vigorously investigating every

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

2011-08-06 Thread Hawkins, Dave
; Geoengineering@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [geo] My AGU abstract: We Don¹t Need a ³Geoengineering² Research Program 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

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

2011-08-06 Thread Stuart Strand
:37 PM To: Stuart Strand Cc: xbenf...@gmail.com; mmacc...@comcast.net; Geoengineering@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [geo] My AGU abstract: We Don¹t Need a ³Geoengineering² Research Program If something is not now in the mission of an agency, Congress can cause it to be in the mission. DOE managed

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

2011-08-05 Thread Stuart Strand
Subject: Re: [geo] My AGU abstract: We Don¹t Need a ³Geoengineering² Research Program 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

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

2011-08-05 Thread Ken Caldeira
*Subject:* Re: [geo] My AGU abstract: We Don¹t Need a ³Geoengineering² Research Program ** ** 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

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

2011-08-05 Thread Mike MacCracken
Subject: Re: [geo] My AGU abstract: We Don¹t Need a ³Geoengineering² Research Program 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

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

2011-08-05 Thread Rau, Greg
...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 4:37 PM To: Stuart Strand Cc: xbenf...@gmail.com; mmacc...@comcast.net; Geoengineering@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [geo] My AGU abstract: We Don¹t Need a ³Geoengineering² Research Program If something is not now in the mission of an agency, Congress can

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

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