[geo] more on Arpa-E rejection letters

2009-08-02 Thread Andrew Revkin
The tail end of this post discusses the Arpa-E rejection letters. I'll be posting an example on Monday. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/how-many-ds-in-obamas-energy-pledge/ -- Andrew C. Revkin The New York Times / Environment 620 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10018 Tel: 212-556-7326 Mob:

[geo] Re: more on Arpa-E rejection letters

2009-08-02 Thread Veli Albert Kallio
Coming from energy financing background, Gene's opinion is not well informed to the perspectives of fund managers, lenders and investors who strike for cautious investments and lending. As the recession drags on, all the technology based things and novelty products are off the radar and the

[geo] Re: Ceiling the Deal

2009-08-02 Thread Alvia Gaskill
Regarding the solar gain issue, in the northern states, the impact of solar heating during the winter is less due to a combination of sun angle and cloud cover. In the most extreme example for the U.S., the Fairbanks, Alaska metro area (APX pop. 100,000) would not benefit at all from white or

[geo] Re: The Storm

2009-08-02 Thread Alvia Gaskill
This movie turned out to be a two parter, the second one tonight at 9pm on NBC. Suffice to say the first one is two hours of my life I'm never going to get back and if you watched it on my recommendation, we both lost. Nevertheless, due to its relevance to geoengineering governance issues, I