Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Friends of the Earth new position on geo-engineering ?!

I find it interesting how once you really start to understand climate science, you are capable of rapidly changing some of previously strongly held views. Stewart Brand's and James Lovelock's now promoting nuclear power for example.
Here is one from the International environmental organization, Friends of The Earth:
"Large amounts of chemical air capture of carbon and storage – funded and carried out by rich countries – will probably be necessary, as long as safe storage sites can be identified and governance issues addressed. This should be in addition to significant reduction in emissions. Research into increasing the albedo effect of clouds is worth carrying out but not at the cost of mitigation or more promising air capture techniques, and only once a governance regime is agreed."
Wow... read their new position paper:http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefing_notes/geoengineering.pdf

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