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

2015-06-16 Thread Robert H. Socolow
Mike, John, Greg,…There must be many runs of GCMs where the input is an emissions trajectory that simply drops to zero (gradually or suddenly). Yet, my perception is that the experts are unsure of what will ensue in the oceans over the following few decades. (Assumptions are needed about the lan

Re: [geo] A closer look at the flawed studies behind policies used to promote 'low-carbon' biofuels | University of Michigan News

2015-02-12 Thread Robert H. Socolow
Many second-growth forests are still increasing their carbon stocks. I think that's the argument being made. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 11, 2015, at 7:38 PM, David desJardins wrote: > > forest has to be carbon-balanced, it isn't removing net carbon from the > atmosphere but essentially all

RE: [geo] Haida readying for second round of iron dumping in ocean - News - Times Colonist

2013-04-28 Thread Robert H. Socolow
Is there any way for this group to back up and deal with the George experiment, setting aside for a day or so all visceral feelings about ETC? Does the George experiment produce its own visceral feelings in any of you? It does in me. Geoengineering has no future if it is not embedded in science,

RE: [geo] Is atmospheric carbon dioxide removal a game changer for climate change mitigation? Kriegler et al | Climatic Change

2013-04-14 Thread Robert H. Socolow
Ron: Please do not copy this long list in any further memo. These are people whose emails are flooded already. I will reply to you privately. Rob From: rongretlar...@comcast.net [mailto:rongretlar...@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 1:32 PM To: Robert H. Socolow; geoengineering Cc

RE: [geo] Is atmospheric carbon dioxide removal a game changer for climate change mitigation? Kriegler et al | Climatic Change

2013-04-14 Thread Robert H. Socolow
ure of CO2 with chemicals: optimization of a two-loop hydroxide carbonate system using a countercurrent air-liquid contactor ": Marco Mazzotti<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Marco+Mazzotti%22>, Renato Baciocchi<http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Renato+Baci

RE: [geo] CDR money in DE-FOA-0000785?

2013-03-20 Thread Robert H. Socolow
Come on, Ken and others: The "logic" depends on the baseline. If one's baseline is that the oil industry will be producing in the vicinity of 80 million barrels per day (mbd) of oil -- the current value -- for several decades, then the comparison is between alternate ways of doing this. Using p

RE: [geo] 400 ppm and rising

2012-06-05 Thread Robert H. Socolow
Mike, Stephen, and others: Evidently, regarding the new 400 ppm arctic readings, this group (including me) needs help. Here's what I think I understand, followed by what I don't understand. Every year for several decades, in April and May, the concentration of CO2 at Point Barrows, Alaska, has

Re: [geo] Re: geoengineers as God(s)?

2012-04-25 Thread Robert H. Socolow
Instead of being defensive, consider that to many people the whole activity is playing God. The distinction between researchers and decisionmakers is second order. From: Josh Horton [mailto:joshuahorton...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 02:52 PM To: geoengineering@googlegroups.com S

RE: [geo] Calgary meeting on Direct Air Capture - thoughts?

2012-03-23 Thread Robert H. Socolow
>From a Calgarian mortal to the geoengineering group: My keynote at the Calgary >meeting can be found on my website, or simply by clicking on: http://www.princeton.edu/mae/people/faculty/socolow/12-03-07-Calgary-Summit-keynote.pdf Rob From: geoengineering@googlegroups.com [mailto:geoengineering

RE: [geo] Re: Lindzen presents skeptics' case to UK House of Commons

2012-03-02 Thread Robert H. Socolow
lems".  Hansen didn't ask that question during that cab ride, but he says he did ask Lindzen later, at a conference both were attending:  "He began rattling off all the problems with the data relating smoking to health problems, which was closely analogous with his views of climate data&

Re: [geo] Lindzen presents skeptics' case to UK House of Commons

2012-03-01 Thread Robert H. Socolow
Might it not be fair to expect the public to reject Dick Lindzen's testimony, in the absence of a direct refutation of his analysis? Is it really enough to assert that he has been wrong before? Lindzen starts from sea surface temperatures and satellite measurements of radiation and infers that

[geo] RE: New green, abiotic CO2 capture

2011-09-25 Thread Robert H. Socolow
Was it captured "colorimetrically" to see how green it was? -Original Message- From: geoengineering@googlegroups.com [mailto:geoengineering@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rau, Greg Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 12:16 AM To: geoengineering@googlegroups.com Subject: [geo] New green, abio