Re: [geo] CIA study

2013-07-21 Thread David Lewis
The Seitz A War Against Fire article seems to have been written in ignorance of the paleoclimate data that existed. The Seitz argument, that because it was hard to predict what was going to happen convincingly with the knowledge then available fed into the computer models of the time, we

Re: [geo] CIA study

2013-07-20 Thread Brian Cartwright
To Ken Caldeira and the geoengineering group, Certainly using the atmosphere as a waste dump has to stop. If atmospheric pollution can be slowed or reversed then the cause of global security is helped, and I agree that an open-source study is preferable to secrecy. I am puzzled by the

Re: [geo] CIA study

2013-07-20 Thread Russell Seitz
Ken writes; If a careful thinking through could occur, I think it would result in greatly increased emphasis on *transforming our energy system into one that does not rely on using the atmosphere as a waste dump.* having written this : As surely as C02 can absorb the warming

Re: [geo] CIA study

2013-07-19 Thread Ken Caldeira
There is no CIA study. There is a National Academy study that is funded by NOAA, NASA, the CIA, and the National Academy itself. All of these parties had a hand in developing the charge to the committee which is publicly available here:

[geo] CIA study

2013-07-19 Thread Motoko
Media coverage for the CIA study. I will keep this up to date for 2 days. http://www.climate-engineering.eu/single/items/press-review-cia-is-funding-a-study-on-ce.html Greetings Nils -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To