Yes, but it's hard to see how many of the technologies we talk about can be developed, and their consequences understood, in the absence of a regulatory framework. I don't see how a system such as stratospheric aerosols could be developed, tested, and refined without a facilitative policy context. In practice, experimentation will cross national boundaries, so it's impossible to remove policy and governance aspects from the equation. I'm saying what's been said a million times before, but I think it's important to stress that technology on the scale of geoengineering is inseparable from governance, and they have to be developed together.
Josh On Apr 4, 10:12 am, Gregory Benford <xbenf...@gmail.com> wrote: > This seems to have been the usual sort of governance wonks, who don't > realize that to make concrete governance decisions you need to know a lot > about the technology and how it plays out. Until we do, there's little point > to such pontificating. Much like Asilomar. > > Gregory Benford > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 6:20 AM, Josh Horton <joshuahorton...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > AP reports on the recent SRMGI conference here: > > >http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110403/ap_on_hi_te/eu_the_sunshade_option > > > Any thoughts or impressions from those of you who might have attended? > > > Josh Horton > > joshuahorton...@gmail.com > >http://geoengineeringpolitics.blogspot.com/ > > > -- > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
