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

2011-09-07 Thread Michael Hayes
Hi Toby, An ESAS Protocal may be a good *experimental debate* as the Eastern Siberian Arctic Sea (ESAS) seems to be one of the best known weak-links in the planet's ecosystem and it will most likely be the area which will produce the first major methane eruption (tipping point). If you need

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

2011-09-07 Thread Gregory Benford
Michael: Using Tropospheric Atmospheric Injection using Sulfates (PTAI-S; we need a better term!) implies far higher expense, as the aerosols fall out within days vs weeks or months for strato deposition. That too is an ethical issue: cost and labor. But when we discuss ethical issues: what