Re: [geo] Re: Transcript of Keith, Shiva, Hamilton, Goodman interview

Hamilton misses an essential element: Much economic history shows that broad, demand-driven commodities cannot be suppressed by regulation. Blaming evil corporations for supplying fossil fuels (for combustion, plastics, etc) is childish. Suppressing the second largest industry in the world (#1 is a

Re: [geo] Re: Transcript of Keith, Shiva, Hamilton, Goodman interview

When I was a magazine editor I wrote many, many captions. Bear in mind that authors are often not responsible for the exact phrasing of headlines and subheads. Typically this is done by magazine staff as they need to make sure the caption fits the space available. Magazine editors also have a som

[geo] Re: Transcript of Keith, Shiva, Hamilton, Goodman interview

The subhead under the title of Clive's *Nature* piece" *No we should not just at least do the research*" accuses anyone who takes the position that geoengineering research should be undertaken of not carefully thi

[geo] Re: Transcript of Keith, Shiva, Hamilton, Goodman interview

Can we make contact with Hamilton and simply ask him about his thoughts on these points? Speculating about them like this is likely to lead to some wildly inaccurate conclusions. I think it's just as likely that his view is: [1] the political system in some places, most notably the US, is horr

[geo] Re: Transcript of Keith, Shiva, Hamilton, Goodman interview

The root of Clive Hamilton's "thought" on geoengineering appeared more clearly in this interview. When discussing the fact that The Heartland Institute and the American Enterprise Institute have endorsed geoengineering as a solution for the problem they have denied exists more emphatically t