With the earth (and limited research resources)
in the balance, the lack of awareness and open mindedness here is indeed scary.
Greg
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> From: Fred Zimmerman
>To: Andrew Lockley ; geoengineering
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>Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 6:42 AM
>Subject:
This "observation" is completely wrong.
Yes, limestone is dissolved by carbonic acid H2CO3 to create bicarbonate
Ca(HCO3-)2. But the deposits in caves are carbonate, formed by the
reverse reaction in which CO2 is emitted. So no carbon is locked away.
Carbonate is just moved from one place to a
I think there is some value in the layman's perspective. Sometimes it helps
to be further away from the discussion. For example I thought this
observation was rather telling.
The committee gave respectful attention to schemes that even their
proponents consider iffy. Schrag, for instance, mentione
Poster's note : little new content other than a few names in this layman's
report.
http://blogs.agu.org/geospace/2013/09/27/the-national-academies-contemplate-geoengineering/
The National Academies Contemplate Geoengineering
By Thomas Sumner
The ideas seem lifted from a James Bond super villain
