Re: [geo] Emerging consensus on geo-engineering

2012-03-03 Thread Andrew Lockley
I strongly believe you should publish this as a formal paper. There are social policy journals which represent perhaps a more appropriate route than climate science journals. It would seem that a statistical test for significance, plus a formal statement of hypotheses, would be appropriate. I'd

[geo] Re: Emerging consensus on geo-engineering

2012-03-03 Thread Josh Horton
Ben, With respect to your original question, I think Alan's right that it's important to distinguish geoengineering research from geoengineering deployment. I also think it's inaccurate to speak of an economic/ scientific community--in my experience these are two distinct knowledge communities

Re: [geo] Re: Emerging consensus on geo-engineering

2012-03-03 Thread Michael Hayes
Hi Folks, Ben, I would be honored. Dr. Benford, I can see how that statement could be viewed as a strawman. However, under the current policy environment, deployment of GE will be limited to an emergency situation only (may change..may not). the most probable emergency is an Arctic Methane