At his much-lauded (and deservedly so) AGU lecture on Successful Predictions (of global warming, a brief history) the delightfully witty Ray Pierrehumbert was asked about the feasibility of geo-engineering. His answer deserves quoting in full, in a text-searchable form: I see lots of [geo-engineering ideas] that are feasible, but they all terrify me. (Except for schemes forContinue reading “Terrifying geoengineering ideas: Ray Pierrehumbert at AGU”
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Geo-Engineering the Climate: Are We Just Not Cynical Enough?
The Virginia Quarterly Review, arguably the best literary journal in the country, has the nerve this quarter to take on an urgent issue, and dispatches Pat Joseph to look at geo-engineering the climate. He avoids stating his conclusion, but does a masterful job of laying out the facts. See here: The Obama administration will noContinue reading “Geo-Engineering the Climate: Are We Just Not Cynical Enough?”
Kit Stolz 