Yes, keep in mind it took Al Gore nearly 20 years to accept that climate *adaptation* was not a "form of laziness" (as he wrote in 1992) and has to be pursued as vigorously as CO2 mitigation. Wrote on this in Nat Geo: http://j.mp/adaptationrises
Not surprised it will take longer for him to be more nuanced on SRM - at least on examining it carefully. On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 12:03 PM E Durbrow <durb...@gmail.com> wrote: > So there is a TED interview with Al Gore. His response (rant?) on climate > engineering (he seems to mean SRM but also marine climate interventions) > begins at minute 27. But do keep listening to the interview for the next > 10min. The interview, Chris Anderson, pushes back and tries to see if Gore > has a more nuanced view on climate engineering. He doesn’t. Note: he > doesn't approve of even research. > > > https://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_the_case_for_optimism_on_climate_change/transcript > > Me: The interviewer seems to me more rational about climate intervention > than his interviewee. He calls for an adult conversation after Gore's rant. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/14cbe067-e266-4e6a-ba89-94d2a44f1530o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/14cbe067-e266-4e6a-ba89-94d2a44f1530o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *ANDREW REVKIN* *Founding Director, Initiative on Communication & Sustainability* *The Earth Institute, Columbia University* *Sustain What webcast* <http://j.mp/sustainwhatlive> *+1 914.441.5556 phone, @revkin Twitter* *@revkin <http://twitter.com/revkin>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/andrew.revkin.5>, Music <http://j.mp/revkinmusic>, Books <https://www.amazon.com/Andrew-Revkin/e/B001IXNSRK/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1390325965&sr=1-2-ent>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CA%2BakwtYTyL%3D9mxPW0KPKB%2BY%2BY3ZfXR72q43u89M6L4PnaE%2BwJw%40mail.gmail.com.