Five Perspectives on Geoengineering, Including Mine
April 30th, 2009Posted by: Roger Pielke, Jr.
Seed Magazine has five short perspectives on geoengineering up at their site, including my own. Here are the others whose perspectives are presented:
Will the Future Be Geo-Engineered? Our Panel Responds:
* Alex Steffen, environmental journalist and entrepreneur
* Robin Bell, marine geophysicist
* Ken Caldeira, geochemist
* Roger Pielke Jr.,climatologistpolitical scientist
* Maria Ivanova, environmental justice advocate
Link to Seed here. Comments welcomed.
FYI, I’ve asked them to correct my expertise. they must have me confused with someone else. [Update: Now corrected. Thanks Seed.]
April 30th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I found this http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_keith_s_surprising_ideas_on_climate_change.html at ted.com. Is he well known?
April 30th, 2009 at 11:39 am
I can see how the Sarewitz/Nelson Criterion might be applied to the aerosols. In case of ocean fertilization I don’t see that it does. How can you distinguished between CCS at a coal plant and enhancing plankton growth? The coal or oil for that matter were after all created by photosynthesis. It’s recycling on a grand scale. Photosynthesis is already recycling a large part of our emissions. Using the Sarewitz/Nelson Criterion composting would fail. I think there is a popular mind set that classifies CO2 as a pollutant when it isn’t.
April 30th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
What the hell is an environmental justice advocate?
Is it contagious? Is there a vaccine?
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