RE: [geo] New CO2 Sucker Could Help Clear the Air

2012-01-12 Thread David Keith
The answer to Ken's rhetorical question is a qualified yes, if you ignore kinetics and assume you are looking only at the CO2 capture, desorption, clean-up and compression as he described then you can do it for pennies a kg of CO2 which is pennies per kWh. It's a yes because posed this way,

[geo] SRM testing, economic arguments

2012-01-12 Thread Andrew Lockley
David (and list) , In Banff we debated srm testing costs. I made my point poorly and wish to clarify. The reason I think capital cost matters is because I don't think that government will grasp the nettle of research on a serious scale in the timescale required, because of the controversial

[geo] Re: New Geoengineering Target: Greenland Ice Sheet Snow Cover Whitening

2012-01-12 Thread Charlie Zender
Our research has shown that assessments of Greenland reflectivity change based on MODIS data are problematic. We have looked for darkening trends with MODIS and statistically speaking, we find a hint but nothing definitive. The image shown mentions darkening in 2011 relative to a six-year

[geo] Charitable donations for geoengineering research

2012-01-12 Thread Andrew Lockley
It would be useful, as a matter of record, to have on this list any institutions which currently accept donations specifically earmarked for geoengineering science or policy research. At present it is unclear to me if any labs or organisations are able to accept donations from members of the

Re: [geo] Charitable donations for geoengineering research

2012-01-12 Thread Ken Caldeira
I believe we are able to accept such donations and would be happy to do so. http://carnegiescience.edu/giving-opportunities I believe we can accept donations earmarked for specific purposes. (If the demands are too cumbersome, we can always decline.) The normal form just let's you specify down

Re: [geo] Charitable donations for geoengineering research

2012-01-12 Thread Govindasamy Bala
I (Indian Institute of Science) would be happy to receive funds to do research in geoengineering science (modeling). Bala On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Andrew Lockley andrew.lock...@gmail.comwrote: It would be useful, as a matter of record, to have on this list any institutions which