Not exact matches
«I would like to see them withdraw the test,»
says David Keith of the Harvard Kennedy School, who has testified before Congress
about geoengineering.
But what is interesting
about the new results, Rabe
said, is that few respondents indicated they were neutral
about geoengineering.
In addition, the study doesn't address larger concerns
about geoengineering,
says climate modeler Raymond Pierrehumbert of the University of Chicago in Illinois.
Other scientists have severe doubts
about this kind of
geoengineering,
saying it could have unforseen consequences.
Do you disagree with what I
said in # 539 above
about Carlin's
geoengineering being like Lomborg's misdirection arguments?
The problem is not just whether to think
about geoengineering or not — the problem is that there are very few institutions or actors capable of imagining how we would manage climate change and energy production in,
say, 2050.
Which is to
say that when one worries
about what
geoengineering might do, one should also worry
about the opportunity cost that might arise if a well - regulated, just, defensible form of
geoengineering were not on the table.
About eight - in - ten conservative Republicans (78 %)
say solar
geoengineering would not make a difference in reducing climate change while 64 % of liberal Democrats
say it would.
«Over my five - year career, I have never been informed
about one
geoengineering - themed meeting or met someone who actively works on it,»
says Chinese Greenpeace campaigner Li Shuo.
Maybe I just wasn't aware all this time, I've only known
about geoengineering for under two years, but still I feel it's recently gotten worse with people (climate skeptics) in this cause ranting
about the «carbon credits», «Co2 is not a threat», «there's less Co2 than they
say», «it's not manmade», «it's a natural cycle» blah blah blah.
In an email to the Guardian he
says: «Climate change is no longer something we can aim to do something
about in a few decades» time, and that we must not only urgently reduce CO2 emissions but must urgently examine other ways of slowing global warming, such as the various
geoengineering ideas that have been put forward.»
At the same time, he
said, the world is talking
about geoengineering.