[geo] Food stress map

2011-06-04 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-13628374 This is the BBC article on climate change food stress. I wonder if this map could be used by SRM geoengineering proponents to better understand the combination of geoengineering and warming A Ps pls can members include

[geo] A chance to stop 400 GT C addition to air?

2011-06-04 Thread RAU greg
As pointed our by Jim Hansen:http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2011/20110603_SilenceIsDeadly.pdfthe US State Dept is soliciting comments on the Keystone pipeline that will bring 800,000 barrels Canadian tar sands oil to the US per day.Your voice can be heard

[geo] Re: Strategies using Lair to mitigate specific near-term impacts of global warming

2011-06-04 Thread John Nissen
Hi Mike and Mark, I think that LAIR (liquid air) could possibly be valuable in specific Arctic situations - at specific times and in specific places - especially near surface as you (Mike) suggest, see 2 below. Taking your points in turn, Mike: 1. I am not worried by the energy to

[geo] Re: Bonn: CBD geoengineering workshop at the unfccc

2011-06-04 Thread John Nissen
Hi Emily and Ron, Here's the confusion about where the CBD meeting takes place - there are _two_ meetings planned: one in Bonn next Friday (10th June) and one in London 3 weeks later (29 June - 1 July). Quoting from [1]: As a follow up to these decisions, a mini-workshop on biodiversity

RE: Easy ideal fluid RE: [geo] Deep ocean disposal

2011-06-04 Thread markcapron
Michael, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion has yet to be proven economic after many decades of trial. However, the numbers appear reasonable for the production of electricity from biomethane. Ocean Algal Afforestation would produce90+%pure biomethane, 90+% pure CO2 to sequester, and the nutrients

Re: Easy ideal fluid RE: [geo] Deep ocean disposal

2011-06-04 Thread Michael Hayes
Hi Folks, Thanks for the numbers on Ocean Algal Afforestation and the overall work you and Dr. Stewart have presented. The ocean afforestation approach is an idea which has made a good deal of practical sense to me for sometime. My post concerning the MODEST concept was an attempt to either find