Blogposts tagged 'Geoengineering'

Why geoengineering can't turn down the global thermostat

Posted by christian - 2 September 2009 at 2:34pm - 22 Comments

"Hacking the only planet we've got rather than simply changing the way we live shows a lack of judgment, to put it mildly." - Alex Steffen of Worldchanging

When the Royal Society do a report on something, they do it properly. Their latest, 'Geoengineering the climate: Science Governance and Uncertainty' - is the product of a year's worth of work by some of the most prestigious scientists in the world.

And we should be grateful that they took the time, because based on a cursory glance, it looks like they've produced a thoughtful and detailed summary of proposals for so-called 'geoengineering' - or trying to deliberately manipulate the planet's climate.

Deep Green: overshoot and tech dreams

Posted by jossc - 12 June 2009 at 10:29am - 6 Comments

Here's the latest in the Deep Green column from Rex Weyler - author, journalist, ecologist and long-time Greenpeace trouble-maker. The opinions here are his own.

Global warming is a symptom of human overshoot: the consumption and waste that exceeds the biophysical capacity of the Earth. If we attempt to reduce the fever, but ignore the disease, we will, at best, extend the suffering.

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