[geo] Engineering our climate talk - videos now online

2009-05-21 Thread David
Professor David Keith, University of Calgary and Dr Paul Johnston, Greenpeace discuss geoengineering and whether it can help to delay the impacts of climate change. Discussion is chaired by Tom Clarke, Channel 4 News Science Correspondent. Watch the talks online: http://www

[geo] Re: Polar Bears Can't Wait -- Take Action Now

2009-12-12 Thread David
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[geo] Re: Resonsibility

2009-12-13 Thread David
On Dec 8, 10:32 pm, Oliver Wingenter oli...@nmt.edu wrote:     e.  Compact fluorescent lightbulbs.  'nough said. Mercury and other toxic chemicals are used to make these things. Look into LED lighting technology. I ride a motorcycle. It gets very good fuel economy. It also consumed less

[geo] Water on the brain

2009-12-14 Thread David
This information is probably useful to casual viewers of this group / list / what have you. It's very elementary in nature. I've been thinking about the Arctic Ice. This lead me to look up a rather important number that I had forgotten (lack of use). That number is the heat of fusion of water:

[geo] Re: cloud seeding

2009-12-15 Thread David
RE: CH4 Would it be economically viable to capture the methane and burn it for energy? Each CH4 - CO2 + 2(H2O). CO2 is less effective as a GHG as I understand it. Condensation of H2O in the atmosphere would release heat to space. I suspect it actually isn't. But I could be missing something.

[geo] Re: Applying Chaos Theory to Geoengineering

2009-12-18 Thread David
I had a similar idea: http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering/msg/ae7c94be3baddc98 On Dec 17, 8:27 am, Brennan Jorgensen sunhydrosyst...@gmail.com wrote:     The global audience has witnessed the unfortunate and dire chaos that has recently transpired in Copenhagen. I started

[geo] Re: Lindzen presents skeptics' case to UK House of Commons

2012-02-29 Thread david
Lindzen has asserted he does not like being called a skeptic because he prefers that people call him a denier. Eg: when he was interviewed on BBC's One Planet October 3 2010. A recording is available here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009yfwl Here is a transcript of the portion of the

[geo] Re: Lindzen presents skeptics' case to UK House of Commons

2012-03-02 Thread david
Regarding Robert Socolow's idea that Lindzen's case may need more adequate refutation: Richard Kerr published an article in Science in 1989 describing Lindzen's argument and his place in climate debate entitled:  Greenhouse skeptic out in cold.  The article describes Lindzen in the way some still

[geo] Re: Lovelock Backs Down

2012-04-27 Thread david
/DISCIPLINE_footnotes/Afterword.htmlto his book Ecopragmatism, starting in the fifth paragraph. Brand wrote this in May 2010. Lovelock appears to be Brand's primary source on climate science. I wrote a piecehttp://theenergycollective.com/david-lewis/47133/stewart-brand-fearless-follower-lovelock

[geo] Re: Wave powered data center

2008-09-12 Thread David Schnare
quickly. david. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:09 AM, dsw_s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, my mistake on the distance from shore. But the things still seem as though they would be a lot easier to get out of the way of a hurricane than a computing center on land would be. On Sep 11, 2:31 pm, Alvia

[geo] Re: Less alarmism needed?

2008-09-21 Thread David Schnare
Sorry for the typo in the subject line. On Sep 21, 12:47 pm, David Schnare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Douglass and Christy have tested the IPCC argument that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase

[geo] Lean and Rind Paper

2008-10-17 Thread David Schnare
A short while ago this group spent a few days discussing an analysis of global temperature prediction based on multi-variate regression analysis versus GCM modelling. The Lean and Rind paper came out last month and offers a robust example of multi-variate analysis. See:

[geo] Another opportunity to promote OIF

2008-10-22 Thread David Schnare
National study on ocean acidity The first comprehensive national study of how carbon dioxide emissions absorbed into the oceans may be altering fisheries, marine mammals, coral reefs, and other natural resources has been commissioned this week by NOAA and the National Science Foundation.

[geo] Re: recent GMST trends

2008-10-27 Thread David Schnare
Colin: I rely on the Huntsville and Hadley data over the NASA data. Huntsville data is far less adjusted (to be kind). You can look at it at http://www.remss.com/data/msu/monthly_time_series/. David. On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 1:33 PM, COLIN FORREST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear David Schnare

[geo] Re: Geoengineering to Get the Royal Treatment

2008-10-31 Thread David Schnare
We don't have a tin ear at EPA. It was gilded under the previous administration. Cheers, David On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Alvia Gaskill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One month to respond and six months to write the report and the deadline two weeks before Christmas? I thought only

[geo] Re: Obama on global warming, and advice from LA Times

2008-11-05 Thread David Schnare
Alvia: In dire need. Please send 100 of the rose colored glasses you used when writing your post. That should last me at least through the first hundred days of the new administration. After that I will have found a chemical (probably alcoholic) substitute for the glasses. Cheers, David

[geo] Re: Fw: Geo-engineering - new evidence session

2008-11-06 Thread David Schnare
session on the Geo-engineering case study on* Monday 10* *November *when* *evidence will be heard from: *At 4.15pm:* *Professor Brian Launder*, University of Manchester; *Dr Dan Lunt*, University of Bristol; and *Dr David Santillo*, Greenpeace *At 5.00pm* *Professor Stephen Salter

[geo] Re: Global atmospheric data

2008-11-10 Thread David Schnare
Gosh Alan, are you saying Roy Spencer is not within the entire scientific community, much less the governments of the world? By most recent accounts he is in both. Cheers, David On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Alan Robock [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: No, I will not want to. By the way, IPCC

[geo] Re: Parliament next monday

2008-11-13 Thread David Schnare
I believe it would be helpful if anyone who agrees with these sentiments, and has a credible scientific (not law) background, add their names to the letter. You may surely add my name if you believe me qualified to join you. (PhD environmental engineering, UNC-CH 1978) David Schnare On Thu, Nov

[geo] Re: Parliament next monday

2008-11-13 Thread David Schnare
to be very rude to you. He wasn't and it started a very constructive discussion with Ken, Stephen Salter, and others. Well done John You decide what to send. John G - Original Message - *From:* John Nissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* David Schnare [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Cc:* [EMAIL PROTECTED

[geo] Re: Schnare Geoengineering Seminar

2008-11-14 Thread David Schnare
: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:02 AM Subject: FW: REMINDER Climate Change BBL - November 18 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CLIMATE CHANGE SPEAKER SERIES Tuesday, November 18, 12-1 p.m. 800 Park, Room 132 Geoengineering and the Four Climate Change Truths: Perspectives of a Lawyer-Scientist David W

[geo] The Moral Hazard of Rejecting Geoengineering

2008-11-28 Thread David Schnare
A few of us have been noticing a trend over the past 3 years that has accelerated in the past four months, and it highlights the moral hazard of being against geoengineering. In essence, by rejecting doing full scale research on means to cool the planet and air strip carbon on a planetary scale,

[geo] Re: Can't Get There from Here

2008-12-04 Thread David Schnare
(Cambie and 18th) in Vancouver on December 6 and 7 at 1 p.m. Tickets available from www.festivalcinemas.ca/ or at the door. Source URL: http://www.straight.com/article-173168/gwynne-dyer-four-harsh-truths-about-climate-change -- David W

[geo] Re: Can't Get There from Here

2008-12-06 Thread David Schnare
sources, and to projections. Note, although they spend a great deal of time measuring tropospheric temperatures, they measure and report surface temperatures for both land and ocean in their data sets. Cheers, David. Pubs link: http://www.nsstc.uah.edu/atmos/christy_pubs.html * Christy, J.R

[geo] Re: Can't Get There from Here

2008-12-07 Thread David Schnare
Thank you Tom. That is what I call helpful. David Schnare. On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In case the attachment was missed -- here it is again. Tom. Dear all, Please note that the recent paper by Douglass et al. that John Christy co

[geo] Re: Can't Get There from Here

2008-12-07 Thread David Schnare
the models, however, a point Santer makes clear. David. On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, Please note that the recent paper by Douglass et al. that John Christy co-authored has been shown to be seriously flawed by the following paper. Santer et al., 2008

[geo] Re: Can't Get There from Here

2008-12-08 Thread David Schnare
I wrote John Connolly but meant Llyod Bensen with regard to the paraphrasing about who I know and who I am not. Sorry for the wrong attribution. David. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering

[geo] Re: Cap and Trade Haters Recommend Incentivizing Geo

2008-12-12 Thread David Schnare
for your discussion. David. On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:50 AM, John Nissen j...@cloudworld.co.uk wrote: Hi Mike, Perhaps we should try insurance companies, or even better, reinsurance. They are interested in avoiding disasters, however they are caused. Does anybody have good contacts? I

[geo] Re: Cap and Trade Haters Recommend Incentivizing Geo

2008-12-12 Thread David Schnare
, please dispose of our bodies in an honorable manner. d. On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Mike MacCracken mmacc...@comcast.netwrote: Dear David-- My suggestion was intended to discourage dangerous behavior, which building in the flood plain is (so David, yes, I do want to alter the behavior

[geo] Re: Cap and Trade Haters Recommend Incentivizing Geo

2008-12-12 Thread David Schnare
., Hansen). David. On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Lane, Lee O. leol...@crai.com wrote: Dear David and Mike, I wonder about part of this discussion. As Nobel laureate Ronald Coase pointed out long ago, what are referred to as external costs are more clearly thought of as negative interactions

[geo] Re: Ocean Fertilization, an Incomplete Answer with Uncertain Long Term Implications Say Aussies

2008-12-16 Thread David Schnare
is a determinant. This understanding produces another criterion by which to evaluate those forms of geoengineering that involve carbon sequestration -- a criterion that is already in use with SRM (to a significant degree). David. On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Oliver Wingenter oliver.wingen...@gmail.com

[geo] Re: Are we near some kind of catastrophic tipping point?

2008-12-16 Thread David Schnare
and Indian oceans. Flooding concerns remains first and foremost a problem for those of us on the big pond of the Atlantic. David. On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:20 PM, John Nissen j...@cloudworld.co.uk wrote: And here is a plea for action, from His Excellence Alik Alik, vice president of the Federated

[geo] You are Sci-fi

2008-12-16 Thread David Schnare
these things get talked about, the more people assume that there is some inherent legitimacy with the proposals that are being put forward. That simply is not the case, said David Santillo, a senior scientist with the Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the University of Exeter (Richard Ingham, AFP/France

[geo] Re: [David Schnare comment on sea ice situation

2009-01-05 Thread David Schnare
, not higher. This is the power of institutional megaphones. For what it is worth, geoengineering is now getting help from The Independent's megaphone. At least the debate is now in the public domain in a useful way. Still not enough to get big money, but a step in the right direction. David

[geo] Re: [David Schnare comment on sea ice situation

2009-01-05 Thread David Schnare
So do I, John. So do I. David Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship On Jan 5, 2009, at 2:51 AM, John Gorman gorm...@waitrose.com wrote: Perfectly put Andrew. When John Nissen put the same points to Vicky Pope, the Met offfice's head of Climate Change, after the parlimentary

[geo] Re: proposed board

2009-01-12 Thread David Schnare
I think that's right, Tom. My only concern is competition for research dollars. It would be nice to have some in town here fighting for money in the same manner that the environmental left and the energy subsidy folks do. David. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:26 PM, wig...@ucar.edu wrote: In my

[geo] Re: comet tail aerosols

2009-01-14 Thread David Schnare
Andrew: That is but one theory and reflects a weak correlation. It is not proved and is not subject to scientific testing. Other phenomena seem much more likely to have caused the cooling in that period. David Schnare On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Andrew Lockley andrew.lock

[geo] Source of Research Funding

2009-01-19 Thread David Schnare
Dear Colleagues: We have a benefactor – the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC). David Hawkins, Director of the NRDC Climate Center has now publicly announced he is not opposed to support for geoengineering. He begins with not being opposed to this research, “I do not oppose

[geo] Re: What is geo-engineering?

2009-01-22 Thread David Schnare
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[geo] Re: Badgering Geoengineering

2009-01-23 Thread David Schnare
emissions to levels necessary to prevent catastrophic climate change. It is too late to do so, and to think that is a realistic approach is the moral hazard that will condemn us to catastrophe. David Schnare, Esq. Ph.D. Director Center for Environmental Stewardship Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public

[geo] Re: Badgering Geoengineering

2009-01-23 Thread David Schnare
geoengineering and adaptation; honest enough with regard to relative risks to be signed by the breadth of the geoengineering science community, to include David Keith, Alan Robock, Lee Lane, John Nissan, Tom Wigley, Alvia Gaskill, and Ken Caldiera, to name a few. Certain others will not sign because it would

[geo] Re: is geoeng mitigation?

2009-01-31 Thread David Schnare
that geoengineering is an aspect of mitigation. I always thought it was separate. What's the consensus? A -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[geo] Re: runaway climate change

2009-02-02 Thread David Schnare
[mailto:geoengineer...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Nissen Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 6:08 AM To: Tom Wigley; Andrew Lockley Cc: geoengineering; Prof John Shepherd; Tim Lenton; David Lawrence Subject: [geo] Re: runaway climate change Dear Tom, The concept of runaway has certain connotations

[geo] Re: Crop residue ocean permanent sequestration

2009-02-02 Thread David Schnare
only, and give credit for soil sequestration where that's as good as is available? David Schnare On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Stuart Strand sstr...@u.washington.eduwrote: By straw we are referring to the stalks of agricultural plants, wheat stalks and corn stover. The water and nutrients

[geo] Re: runaway climate change

2009-02-02 Thread David Schnare
Andrew No one cares what the wiki people like. David Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship On Feb 2, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Andrew Lockley andrew.lock...@gmail.com wrote: I have an alternative theory as to why we don't see too many instances of runaway climate change from

[geo] Re: New geoengineering blog

2009-03-09 Thread David Schnare
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[geo] Re: Shock and Thaw? Civil Society says No as geo-engineers mount shock bid to hack the planet.

2009-03-11 Thread David Schnare
no gracious way to forgive that in you and your press release. David Schnare On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Diana Bronson dianabron...@gmail.comwrote: ETC Group News Release http://www.etcgroup.org March 10, 2009 Shock and Thaw? Civil Society says No as geo-engineers mount shock bid to hack

[geo] Re: Atmospheric 'Sunshade' Could Reduce Solar Power Generation

2009-03-19 Thread David Keith
. 3. There are many geoengineering schemes that can avoid the forward scattering problem, such as various engineered particles in the upper atmosphere, or so it's by no means clear we would have this problem in any case. -David From: geoengineering

[geo] Re: a very simply way to lift sulfur

2009-03-24 Thread David Keith
on the topic. For the lower and middle stratosphere this is likely to cheapest and most controllable option. -David From: geoengineering@googlegroups.com [mailto:geoengineer...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Albert Kallio Sent: March 23, 2009 8:34 AM To: agask

[geo] Re: Atmospheric 'Sunshade' Could Reduce Solar Power Generation

2009-03-24 Thread David Keith
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, David Keith wrote: I think this issue is grossly overhyped 1. It only matters for concentrating solar. It matters much more for concentrating solar, but proposals for many new systems emphasize concentrating solar, because it is more efficient

[geo] Re: a very simply way to lift sulfur

2009-03-24 Thread David Keith
[mailto:euggor...@comcast.net] Sent: March 24, 2009 10:17 AM To: David Keith; 'Geoengineering FIPC' Subject: RE: [geo] Re: a very simply way to lift sulfur Why isn't the focus on whether the thing works without producing too much acid rain or snow or other unanticipated negative effects

[geo] Funding

2009-03-25 Thread David Schnare
For those of you wondering where the money for geoengineering is going to come from, you might be interested in this story about who is going to be incharge of adaptation research. I have the full report if someone wants it. You will not find any mention of geoengineering in this. EPA Fears

[geo] Re: Post on geoengineering

2009-03-30 Thread David Schnare
If David Hawkins knows of a way to accomplish geoengineering research absent third party funding, it might be helpful if he proffers his knowledge. In the mean time, I suppose he would use OIF (the commercial investment) as an example. Otherwise, he simple pricks the skin of the geoengineers

[geo] Re: Post on geoengineering

2009-03-30 Thread David Schnare
David: Let's quit fencing . Geoengineering research funding is essential if you believe that a doubling of CO2 will cause catastrophic outcomes. We've been over this many times before. You refuse to admit the US public, and several other nations, refuse to give up energy-dependent growth

[geo] Re: Post on geoengineering - do not keep attacking Hansen or others who disagree you

2009-03-31 Thread David Schnare
adjustments'. Also, IMO, it is a better expression of what we are about. -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To post

[geo] New data on aerosols and clouds

2009-04-06 Thread David Schnare
Published online 3 April 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.215 More than a silver lining Light reflected by clouds can brighten air kilometres away. Lucas Laursen There's more to clouds than meets the eye.Punchstock A study looking at why clouds make the air near them glow more brightly

[geo] Re: soil water, biochar

2009-04-14 Thread David Schnare
them, using the gases driven off by the process for the fuel needed for the process. It was quite cost-effective and a net carbon sequestor. While is was enough to power small towns, it isn't really enough to make a dent in the carbon emissions of the coal-fired power plant industry. David Schnare

[geo] Re: Global Cooling

2009-04-17 Thread David Schnare
that. On Apr 17, 9:45 am, David Schnare dwschn...@gmail.com wrote: Tom: Ken eschews discussions on the underlying science of GCMs and other approaches to understanding the relationship of GHGs and/or the sun to global temperature on this group. Hence, I won't argue the matter, but simply

[geo] Re: Global Cooling

2009-04-19 Thread David Schnare
apply to his or her research efforts. Taking into consideration your self-description and thus your self-admitted unwillingness to plumb the depths of the science lying beneath discussions on climate change, I forgive your comment about the necessities of science. Cheers, David. On Sun, Apr 19

[geo] Re: EGU meeting, April 19-24

2009-04-21 Thread David Schnare
, nations can adapt through population movement and redevelopment of appropriate land use. Keep in mind that over 80 percent of all people live near coast lines. Moving a large proportion of that 80 percent is much more expensive and destructive than moving a part of the other 20 percent. David Schnare

[geo] Re: EGU meeting, April 19-24

2009-04-21 Thread David Keith
and NPP vs a high-CO2 no-geo baseline. Of course, the effects would not be uniform. Yours, David -Original Message- From: geoengineering@googlegroups.com [mailto:geoengineer...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Robock Sent: April 21, 2009 6:54 AM To: Ken Caldeira Cc: j

[geo] Re: EGU meeting, April 19-24

2009-04-24 Thread David Schnare
I've obtained movie rights. Here's the current The Pinatubo Option casting line-up: Tom Hanks playing David Keith Paul Giamatti playing Ken Caldeira George Clooney playing Alan Robock and Darren McGavin (in his persona as Carl Kolchak) playing David Schnare. It will be easier to get funding

[geo] FW: McClean's article --geoengineering!

2009-04-27 Thread David Keith
fundamentalism. The letter refers to the cover story on Canada's leading newsmagazine which covered geoengineering: http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/22/plan-b-for-global-warming/ Yours, David From: paul w [mailto:paulw...@yahoo.com] Sent: April 26

[geo] Re: New WorldChanging Post on Geoengineering

2009-04-27 Thread David Schnare
the alarmists find a way to support Plan B Research. Several such alarmists lurk on this list. Not one has ever put up support for this kind of research on their websites. David. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Dan Whaley dan.wha...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting evolution of POV here from Steffen

[geo] Re: Televised debate

2009-05-03 Thread David Schnare
global warming. Overall, geoengineering is intended to be a large scale response to climate change, whether human or natural. David Schnare On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Ken Caldeira kcalde...@globalecology.stanford.edu wrote: It is not a distraction. A good mechanistic understanding

[geo] Re: Televised debate

2009-05-03 Thread David Keith
David While there is legitimate and sensible argument about how much warming we might get from anthropogenic CO2, I think the overall physics and atmospheric science linking anthropogenic CO2 emissions to the expectation of increased warming is as solid as about anything in science. The set

[geo] Re: Televised debate

2009-05-03 Thread David Schnare
David: I must rely on you for the history of geoengineering, that being one of you academic interests and areas of expertise. My reference to the beginning of geoengineering was to the discussions in the Johnson White House related to what then was thought likely to be global cooling

[geo] Re: Televised debate

2009-05-03 Thread David Keith
. If this science was fundamentally flawed, as it would have to be if CO2 turns out not to be a major forcing, then there would be little basis to trust the science that underlies the understanding of geoengineering. Yours, David From: kcalde

[geo] Re: some eco criteria for geoengineering?

2009-05-06 Thread David Schnare
of a National Ambient Air Quality Standard. EPA is now in the middle of its endangerment finding. It will take a good bit of time before EPA can establish a NAAQS. David Schnare Air Enforcement Division Office of Civil Enforcement U.S. EPA On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:09 PM, dsw_s ds...@yahoo.com wrote

[geo] Re: Geoengineering and the New Climate Denialism - response deadline today

2009-05-14 Thread David Schnare
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[geo] Re: Should albedo be taken into account in meeting CO2 emissions reduction targets?

2009-05-15 Thread David Schnare
as part of radiation management. Such credit should not translate into a reduction of to duty for that country to reduce its emissions. Cheers! Sam Carana -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[geo] Re: Should albedo be taken into account in meeting CO2 emissions reduction targets?

2009-05-17 Thread David Schnare
and precipitation. David. On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Andrew Lockley andrew.lock...@gmail.comwrote: Countries may well try to use such techniques as a may of meeting obligations, or to justify not cutting GHGs. We should be prepared for the arguments. A 2009/5/15 David Schnare dwschn

[geo] Re: Arctic sea ice - no multi-year ice found

2009-06-08 Thread David Schnare
. That is not to say it couldn't all just plain disappear, but at this point, it is incorrect to say that there is simply no multi-year ice. Anyone who looked and didn't find it is simply looking in the wrong place. David. On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:57 PM, John Nissen j...@cloudworld.co.uk wrote: It is now

[geo] Re: Just in Time for Hurricane Season

2009-06-11 Thread David Schnare
in toward the center of the hurricane, the change in wind speed would be multiplied according to conservation of momentum just as the wind speed itself is. -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[geo] Re: NPR radio story on National Academy geoengineering workshop

2009-06-16 Thread David Schnare
-dioxide emissions globally are on a runaway pace, despite rhetoric promising to control them. University of Calgary's David Keith suggested that we should consider moving toward experiments that would test ideas on a global scale - and do it sooner rather than later. It's not clear that during

[geo] Re: NPR radio story on National Academy geoengineering workshop

2009-06-17 Thread David Schnare
and listen to you about true faith, or I may not. It's up to me whether I listen to you, right up until you, as moderator, banish me, and others, from the group. That too is up to you. Cheers, David S. On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Ken Caldeira kcalde...@stanford.eduwrote: Alvia

[geo] natural geoengineering

2009-06-24 Thread David Schnare
Neat photo's of natural geoengineering. More like this one at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1195215/Stunning-pictures-hole-clouds-astronauts-witness-volcano-eruption-International-Space-Station.html [image: Bird's Eye View: Safe from harm, NASA scientists look down on the

[geo] Re: WSJ - Op-Ed on Global Warming Skepticism

2009-06-28 Thread David Schnare
in the article comes from a 250 page report posted by the senate minority... http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.ViewFileStore_id=83947f5d-d84a-4a84-ad5d-6e2d71db52d9 -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship

[geo] Re: WSJ - Op-Ed on Global Warming Skepticism

2009-06-29 Thread David Schnare
Oh for crying out loud. Go look at the most recent Scafetta papers which use a 30 year time scale for the correlations, and then look at the backcasted estimates. Then make your wager. David. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Ken Caldeira kcalde...@gmail.com wrote: One out of every 20 time

[geo] Re: Looking for critique of NCEE comments on EPA GHG review

2009-07-01 Thread David Schnare
the public know (1) the comments were spurious and (2) that the government didn't ignore non-spurious comments at the same time. I'm thinking it's about time we reintroduced a course in civics to the scientific community. David. On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Ken Caldeira kcalde

[geo] Re: WSJ - Op-Ed on Global Warming Skepticism

2009-07-02 Thread David Schnare
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[geo] Re: WSJ - Op-Ed on Global Warming Skepticism

2009-07-05 Thread David Schnare
, You never responded to Margaret's question (or perhaps I missed it). Tom. +++ -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[geo] Re: Why SRM isn't enough

2009-08-18 Thread David Schnare
EPA has acknowledged the reach of CWA to ocean acidification, and we hope it will provide states with new standards based on the best science available, she says. -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[geo] Re: Ecologists weigh in

2009-08-23 Thread David Keith
is that, as suggested by Crutzen, if geo heats that lower strat (as many, but not all methods would) it might reduce ozone loss by reducing the formation of PSC's. To my knowledge, no one has followed up on this in a serious way. -David From

[geo] Re: The International Maritime Organisation's plans to warm the world

2009-08-23 Thread David Keith
. There is ample S as H2S in sour gas either produced and re-injected or made into elemental S using Claus process. (There are many megaton-scale blocks of elemental S from this process in Alberta where I live, stunning yellow patches on the landscape.) -David From

[geo] Re: Secret E-Mails from the Big White House

2009-08-23 Thread David Schnare
reminded me that while at Dartmouth in the early '70's she typed part of the manuscript for LTG for Meadows and his wife. How weird is that? http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/03/holdren-obama-science-opinions-contributors_0203_ronald_bailey.html -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental

[geo] Re: ETC Group on Royal Society Report: The Emperor's New Climate: Geoengineering as 21st century fairytale

2009-08-31 Thread David Keith
hometown, and you could easily have taken the time to talk to me (as I have offered), but instead it seems that ETC would prefer to hold strong opinions without actually engaging substantively with other views. Is this really how you want to see public debate on important issues? Yours, David

[geo] Re: Fwd: costs of air capture - Royal Society report

2009-09-03 Thread David Keith
. See, for example, the geo decision analysis preprint, #117 on the geo section of my site: www.ucalgary.ca/~keith/geo.html On air capture, I have a perspective that will be out in two weeks in Science. Yours, David From: geoengineering

[geo] Research Councils UK Energy Programme announces funding support for Geoengineering research

2009-09-04 Thread David Keith
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[geo] Re: Royal Society report - Temperature rebound a myth?

2009-09-07 Thread David Keith
My two bits into this interesting debate: On the temperature rebound. As Ken says, there is no question that the temperature rebound is real. Simple physics tells you it should be there, and this is confirmed by experiments with at least three different GCMs. The question is: is it a bug or a

[geo] Re: Royal Society report - Temperature rebound a myth?

2009-09-07 Thread David Keith
Greg, Let me push back a bit. I absolutely agree that experiments are crucial and that by working our way up in experimental scale we will learn more and therefore reduce risk. While we did not say this as clearly in the RS report as we might have, and not as clearly as in Novim, I don't

[geo] Re: NYTimes.com: No Climate Change Leader as Nations Prepare to Meet

2009-09-20 Thread David Schnare
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[geo] Re: Biochar

2009-09-27 Thread David Schnare
panel that has a publishing record in the field of biochar. Hope that helps Peter -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering

[geo] Re: I am Planning A New Geoengineering Foundation

2009-10-12 Thread David Schnare
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[geo] Re: I am Planning A New Geoengineering Foundation

2009-10-13 Thread David Schnare
Neil, I've made no speculation about you, or about anyone. Indeed, I'm trying to stop speculation about anyone by anyone. I don't want to see Tom, a Nobel Laureat, drawn into this quagmire; and I don't want to see you pushed around. 'nuff said. David. On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:50 PM, VNBC

[geo] Re: Arctic ice free in 10yrs?

2009-10-15 Thread David Schnare
a sledge through water which is what's needed now. Now we have to wear immersion suits and swim and we need sledges that can float. I can foresee needing sledges that are more like canoes that you also pull over the ice. -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship

[geo] Re: Arctic ice free in 10yrs?

2009-10-15 Thread David Schnare
for understanding. You might call it my personal audacity of hope. David On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:25 PM, John Nissen j...@cloudworld.co.uk wrote: Hi Albert, As you say, one should be careful not to overstate the case. However, I am always dismayed how easily people are tempted by those

[geo] Enough on the Arctic Ice Alarmism

2009-10-28 Thread David Schnare
ice has not yet reached a tipping point, if such exists. We expect Arctic ice to continue to decline in line with increasing global temperatures. If the rate of global temperature rise increases then so will the rate of Arctic sea-ice decline. -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship

[geo] Re: Jamais Cascio-- on the problematic idea of 350

2009-11-01 Thread David Schnare
to the days when we discussed the technology and science of GEOENGINEERING. David Schnare On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Dan Whaley dan.wha...@gmail.com wrote: John Nissen, I might recommend Susan Solomon's recent paper. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/01/28/0812721106.full.pdf A key

[geo] Re: Arguments against geoengineering

2009-11-02 Thread David Keith
-language debunking of this idea in a popular book see: Keith, David. (2009) Dangerous Abundance. IN: Homer-Dixon, T. Garrison, N. (Eds.) Carbon Shift: How The Twin Crises Of Oil Depletion And Climate Change Will Define The Future, Toronto: Random House of Canada, pp26-57. Available at: http

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