Most of what is being expressed here is supposedly reasonable caution, which it is not, because you ignore that fact that geoengineering very likely will be needed come what may, and reasonable funding will change the activity from discussion to active research, which is sorely needed. By knocking it down you are either promoting your own agenda or playing into the hands of the AGW group. Why can you not address the issue of need independent of a particular technology.
Or do you believe consensus, a la IPCC, substitutes for good science and good contingency planning. From: geoengineering@googlegroups.com [mailto:geoengineer...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Manu Sharma Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:39 AM To: Geoengineering Subject: [geo] Re: Manifesto for Geoengineering On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Alan Robock <rob...@envsci.rutgers.edu> wrote: There is no consensus among readers of this group. A few of you are completely gung ho, with no interest in evaluating the risks as well as the benefits of any policy recommendation, but that does not represent the views of very many. I completely agree with Alan's views. My impression is that this is far too nascent a field to actively promote itself. I too suspect that a large majority of group members, and a silent one at that, is skeptical of the "gung ho brigade" of this group. A lot of what's being professed here is largely personal opinion and research that is long way from getting established. Peter's contention of large-scale sustainable afforestation as a low-cost and feasible course of action for dramatic emission reductions being a case in point. By the way, Peter, I'm happy to see you include artificial trees as part of the equation. I consider Klaus Lackner's artificial trees as the single most attractive geoengineering technology out there. Since cost and viability of large-scale sustainable afforestation is yet to be established, it cannot be said which one's a better option amongst the two carbon stock management choices. Manu --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
