[geo] CO2-emissions-free bioenergy

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/06/16/this-engine-uses-nothing-but-water-and-bacteria-to-power-small-devices/ It's not exactly going to replace the fuel in your Hummer, but this new engine -- which costs just $5 to build -- could represent the first step toward

[geo] (re Moral Hazard) Adapting to climate change is going to be a lot messier than we think - Vox

Poster's note : relevant to discussions of moral hazard, which frequently influences discussions of CE. Otherwise an interesting and readable article, albeit off-topic http://www.vox.com/2015/6/2/8709913/texas-floods-climate-adaptation ENERGY ENVIRONMENT Adapting to climate change is going to

Re: [geo] World Bank report highlights necessity of (BE)CCS

Hi John‹I¹m guessing (hopefully in an educated way), but I would think that the variation in the apparent net atmosphere to surface ocean flux is mainly a result of state of the tropical ocean, so whether the upward moving deep water that is supersaturated in CO2 is getting mixed into the ocean