I've not listened to the audio yet, but the transcript is how I remember the discussion going. Unlike the Indy article, I think I was able to capture some of the nuances about research and deployment.
http://www.npr.org/2013/10/20/238548240/turning-to-scientists-to-engineer-a-cooler-climate
The comments below the article (I know, I probably shouldn't read them) imply people still don't quite get that. I confess that I worry the research-deployment differentiation is at best difficult to convey and at worst an unrealistic personal construct - some sort of intellectual comfort blanket, or rose-coloured glasses, that allows me to rationalise my desire to research.
RE: NPR - Geoengineering 101
ReplyDeleteHi Matt,
I thought the article was good and fairly well-balanced. Regarding your quote:
One technique is to suck the carbon dioxide out from the atmosphere and put it somewhere else. "You might do that by planting lots of trees...," Watson tells NPR's Arun Rath. "The whole point is that you're trying to take CO2 out of the atmosphere and put it somewhere else."
The article got it right, planting trees is geoengineering.
Sustainable Land Development Initiative
World's First Planting of a Champion Redwood & Sequoia Forest
http://www.ancienttreearchive.org/worlds-first-planting-of-a-champion-redwood-sequoia-forest/
Building a Sustainable Community Forest
http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/10/building-sustainable-community-forest/
haha i got ragged on for posting this because it's NPR....who i do dislike strongly...i'm kindof afraid to listen to it cause i don't want to get pissed off. disinfo is a bitch. so just tell me what you thought? lol!
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