Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-06 Thread Alan Robock
mailto:rev...@gmail.com> mailto:rev...@gmail.com>>; Alan Robock mailto:rob...@envsci.rutgers.edu>> Cc: Geoengineering mailto:geoengineering@googlegroups.com>> Subject: Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker You can’t convince people who are already conv

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-06 Thread Gernot Wagner
< > rob...@envsci.rutgers.edu> > *Cc:* Geoengineering > *Subject:* Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker > > > You can’t convince people who are already convinced. This email offers > you an opportunity to change someone’s mind. > > Klaus > >

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-06 Thread Hawkins, David
, 2019 2:16 PM To: rev...@gmail.com ; Alan Robock Cc: Geoengineering Subject: Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker You can’t convince people who are already convinced. This email offers you an opportunity to change someone’s mind. Klaus From: on behalf of Andrew

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-06 Thread Klaus Lackner
geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker Glad you stuck in there, Alan. There actually was one other geoengineering question - asked by a Columbia student of Andrew Yang. His answer was pretty great: https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1169441473768710147<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/ur

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-06 Thread Olivier Boucher
Alan I now decline such invitations because I consider them to be a trap. A symmetric one-to-one or four-to-four debate with skeptics does not work in the eyes of the public. It becomes a rhetoric thing. The public gets out that the scientists disagree, which is the primary objective of the

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread Jessica Gurevitch
Alan, Thanks for this. I watched the first 4 candidates, but I confess I fell asleep before your question, but I just watched the YouTube link. Excellently put, and an honest answer. I'm glad this is getting national attention. And if you don't debate skeptics, the Heartland thing is probably

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread Alan Robock
Dear Andy, Yes, that is a great answer. I had not seen it, as those 3 hours were while I was on the train to NY for my 4 hours. Alan Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor Associate Editor, Reviews of Geophysics Department of Environmental Sciences Phone: +1-848-932-5751 Rutgers

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread Andrew Revkin
Glad you stuck in there, Alan. There actually was one other geoengineering question - asked by a Columbia student of Andrew Yang. His answer was pretty great: https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1169441473768710147 On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 8:03 PM Alan Robock wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > Last

Re: [geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread David Appell
Alan, you might talk to Scott Denning of Colorado State University and watch some of his interactions with the Heartland Institute. Just Google "scott denning heartland institute" and some videos immediately pop up. He's tried to present the science to them a few times at their conferences. David

[geo] My CNN geoengineering question to Sen. Cory Booker

2019-09-05 Thread Alan Robock
Dear Colleagues, Last night I attended CNN's Climate Town Hall, and asked my Senator Cory Booker a question about solar geoengineering research. You can see it starting at 27:44 on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHIMD2E6DgE=PL29Rq0wvBhgOcY9ew5490FwzT5U5N6CqT=11=0s He immediately called me