[geo] Book - Mike Hulme - Can Science Fix Climate Change?: A Case Against Climate Engineering

2014-04-29 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745682051 Description Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called ‘Plan B’, a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by

[geo] Petition to the IPCC WG3 concerning Marine BECCS

2014-04-29 Thread Michael Hayes
*Hi Folks,* *As many on this list know, the IPCC WG3 recently published a report on mitigation https://groups.google.com/d/msg/geoengineering/IFGXhtJQs0Y/DgJtt6iqc78J in which the use of the marine environment was largely omitted. I've sent in a brief petition to the principles and I

[geo] Phoenix Energy Making 2 MW Plant and Biochar

2014-04-29 Thread Joshua Jacobs
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/phoenix-energy-signs-agreement-to-build-californias-first-forest-biomass-gasification-plant-near-lake-tahoe-255482281.html Phoenix Energy Signs Agreement to Build California's First Forest Biomass Gasification Plant near Lake Tahoe SAN FRANCISCO, April

Re: [geo] Canadian govt skips mitigation, aims for geoengineering

2014-04-29 Thread Dr. Adrian Tuck
Here is a link that shows a very useful Canadian approach to attributing warming without the use of numerical models. It eliminates the possibility of the present warming being caused by natural fluctuation. Also attached is an op-ed piece based on the Climate Dynamics paper. There are competent,

[geo] Fwd: Climate Engineering News Review for 18th week of 2014

2014-04-29 Thread Andrew Lockley
-- Forwarded message -- From: i...@climate-engineering.eu i...@climate-engineering.eu Date: 29 Apr 2014 13:53 Subject: Climate Engineering News Review for 18th week of 2014 To: andrew.lock...@gmail.com Cc: [image: tl_files/newsletter/NewsletterBalken.jpg] Dear Climate

[geo] 'This is God's Stuff We're Messing With': Geoengineering as a Religious Issue (Opinion Article) | Carr (2014) Geoengineering Our Climate?

2014-04-29 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://geoengineeringourclimate.com/2014/04/29/this-is-gods-stuff-were-messing-with-geoengineering-as-a-religious-issue/ Geoengineering Our Climate? A Working Paper Series on the Ethics, Politics and Governance of Climate Engineering ‘This is God’s Stuff We’re Messing With’: Geoengineering as a

Re: [geo] Climate science: Stratospheric folly : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

2014-04-29 Thread Oliver Tickell
I'm sure we all values Tim's opinions greatly, but $18 does seem a bit steep. Meanwhile you can read this for free: The fragile and rapidly changing Arctic is home to large reservoirs of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory.

Re: [geo] Climate science: Stratospheric folly : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

2014-04-29 Thread Mick West
Tim Kruger's review is only one page, so can be read in the ReadCube preview. http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/508457a On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:13 AM, Andrew Lockley andrew.lock...@gmail.comwrote: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v508/n7497/pdf/508457a.pdf Climate science:

[geo] technical potential of ocean bioenergy?

2014-04-29 Thread Fred Zimmerman
I have just been skimming through the IPCC AR5 appendix on bioenergy and I see helpful estimates of technical bioenergy potential for land but don't see any estimates of technical potential for marine bioenergy -- are there any good papers on that topic? Fred Fred Zimmerman Ann Arbor, Michigan,

Re: [geo] WG III (mitigation) report

2014-04-29 Thread Michael Hayes
Greg et.al., Your points are, as usual, highly supportable from a number of different angles. The recent coordination of the IMO and the CBD responses to OIF does appear to be the beginning of an intergovernmental governance matrix focused upon the use of the marine environment for global

Re: [geo] WG III (mitigation) report

2014-04-29 Thread Ronal W. Larson
Michael, list et al I support what you are advocating, but want to urge replacement below of your 3 usages of “Marine BECCS” with “Marine BECCS and marine biochar”. This based on the societal benefit of returning the marine biomass macro and micronutrients from where they have been

RE: [geo] Re: technical potential of ocean bioenergy?

2014-04-29 Thread markcapron
Michael,Good points. I'll go farther.The vast scale of the oceans and relatively low-energy transport allows us to be less space-efficient than terrestrial systems. This means we do not need mono-cultures. We can have "forests" instead of "farms." Ocean Forests can be "restorative" development in