Re: [geo] Re: [off-topic] Romm post criticizing allowable CO2 emissions budget concept

2013-10-06 Thread Michael C Trachtenberg
People give up a resource, of any kind and with any burden, only under a few conditions (not in any order): 1 - rigorously enforced government mandate, be it taxes or regulations (but remember prohibition which failed as no viable option was offered) 2 - buy out, 3 - existence of a preferable

Re: [geo] CDR money in DE-FOA-0000785?

2013-03-21 Thread Michael C Trachtenberg
Kudos Rob. A systems analysis is demanded. CCS should be DOA; it is a poor choice economically and operationally, and the transactional costs will be far larger than stated (if stated). I project they will be up to 50% of total cost this does not to count the elephant in the room, money