Re: [geo] Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-18 Thread Michael MacCracken
It seems to me over-stated to say the report was "leaked". At this stage, a review copy was sent to: (1) every nation in the world for review--and the US has since the mid-1990s made a copy available to anyone who wants to review it through a Federal Register notice (we could never figure out

RE: [geo] Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-14 Thread Douglas MacMartin
I don’t see this as “secretive”. Peer review has its problems, but on the whole I’d rather see stuff peer reviewed before being made public, at least when there is likely to be public attention. The first order draft had no shortage of factual errors; wouldn’t you rather make sure that

Re: [geo] Leaked policy draft of SR15 - what do you think?

2018-01-13 Thread Andrew Lockley
I'm not sure whether I qualify as an expert. I've published a few semi-relevant academic journal pieces, and written a lot of journalistic articles on new energy. Here's my take. Firstly, there has been no meaningful reduction in CO2 emissions, as a result of government policies. Almost all the