Author Jeff Goodell explores the perils and potential of geoengineering proposals
The following notice from Yale Environment 360 has links to several important articles on geoengineering. Jeff Goodell’s article “A Hard Look at the Perils and Potential of Geoengineering” struck me as very profound. ” Lesson one: Geoengineering is a tabula rasa in the public mind ” concludes that the public knows basically nothing about geoengineering.
I personally believe there has been a concerted effort to keep the public from knowing about the dangers of these projects. I recommend that you take the time to read the links provided in this notice.
April 1. 2010
A Note From the Editor
Today at Yale Environment 360, author Jeff Goodell explores the perils and potential of geoengineering proposals for manipulating the Earth’s climate to offset global warming. Goodell was one of the few journalists to attend a major conference on geoengineering in California last week, and in this report for Yale e360, he explains that the discussions took some unexpected turns. Among the issues explored at the meeting, Goodell writes, were: how to make sure geoengineering does not just shift the risk of global warming from rich to poor nations; whether geoengineering field experiments should be banned; and whether entrepreneurs should be allowed to profit off technology designed to cool the planet. As Goodell notes, “The entire mood of the meeting was somber and hyper-alert to the dangers that lay ahead.” Read Goodell’s report.
Also at Yale Environment 360, authors Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger argue that recent events, including the controversies surrounding some climate research, have demonstrated the risks of trying to link energy policy to climate science. The case for developing progressive energy policies goes well beyond the issue of climate change, the authors contend. “So long as environmentalists continue to demand that climate science drive the transformation of the global energy economy,” they write, “neither the science, nor efforts to address climate change, will be well served.” Read the article by Nordhaus and Shellenberger.
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Roger Cohn
Editor
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