[geo] Parliament next monday

2008-11-12 Thread John Gorman
To John Nissen and Colin Forrest. As three amateurs who put a great deal of time into preparing submissions, I think we should jointly express our disappointment and phrase a question that we would like him to put to each of the witnesses in the way that he did last monday. Maybe "Do you sin

[geo] Re: Parliament next monday

2008-11-12 Thread Ken Caldeira
John, In attempting to move ahead politically, it is neither necessary nor desirable that we speak with a unified voice. I believe that I have had some limited impact in pushing forward a publicly-funded climate engineering research and development program. (That fact that no such program exists

[geo] Re: Parliament next monday (typos corrected)

2008-11-12 Thread Ken Caldeira
John, In attempting to move ahead politically, it is neither necessary nor desirable that we speak with a unified voice. I believe that I have had some limited impact in pushing forward a publicly-funded climate engineering research and development program. (That fact that no such program exists

[geo] Re: Parliament next monday (typos corrected)

2008-11-12 Thread John Latham
Ken, Please keep walking the tightrope, despite the crosswinds. It's crucially important that you do. Cheers, John. Quoting "Ken Caldeira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > John, > > In attempting to move ahead politically, it is neither necessary nor > desirable that we speak with a unified voice

[geo] Re: Parliament next monday

2008-11-12 Thread John Gorman
Sorry Ken. My suggested question was not meant to be a criticism of you. You have over a long time brought geoengineering to the stage of respectability that it now holds. I knew that out Met office would be strongly against and also those in Bristol University who published a paper about six mo

[geo] Re: Parliament next monday (typos corrected)

2008-11-12 Thread Alvia Gaskill
Ken Caldeira on his way to testify on geoengineering. - Original Message - From: "John Latham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "geoengineering" Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:18 PM Subject: [geo] Re: Parliament next monday (typos correcte

[geo] Re: Parliament next monday (typos corrected)

2008-11-12 Thread John Nissen
Hi Ken, You say: "To answer John Gorman's question: I do not seriously believe that we will avoid serious consequences without geoengineering. It is just that I am not sure that we will avoid serious consequences with geoengineering, either." Are you saying, we might be too late to apply geoen

[geo] FT competition on creative ideas for tackling climate change

2008-11-12 Thread Dan Whaley
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed784eec-b0d8-11dd-8915-779fd18c.html The hottest thinking on climate change By Ed Crooks Published: November 12 2008 22:16 | Last updated: November 12 2008 22:16 The Financial Times is launching a competition to find the world's most creative ideas for tackling th