[geo] Re: Public perceptions paper

2011-08-24 Thread Oliver Tickell
This CF question is actually quite complex. You can have a CF of 0.7 for a nuke but actually that's because it's working 70% of the time and for 30% it is broken or undergoing maintenance (often for longish periods of days / weeks / months). A CCGT with a CF of 0.7 would most likely be

[geo] WWViews - Citizen Participation in Environmental Global Governance

2011-08-24 Thread Nadine Brachatzek
Hi All, this publication may be of some interest, not yet dealing with the option of geoengineering but anyway: In 2009, in 38 countries around the world, 4,000 ordinary citizens gathered to discuss the future of climate policy. This project, ‘WWViews’, was the first-ever global democratic

Re: [geo] Re: New Paper on Ethics and Geoengineering

2011-08-24 Thread Michael Hayes
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