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About Ben Jervey

Occupation: contributor
Location: Brooklyn, NY
trying pretty hard.
Ben Jervey's Website:
http://www.sustainyc.com
Member since: 11/2006
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Ben Jervey commented on Engineering a Better Climate 4 weeks ago

Nice breakdown...I'd like to suggest that we consider any geo-engineering schemes a ripcord, last resort, lifeboat-type of plan. Not saying we shouldn't be researching them--we'll need the best lifeboats if worst comes to worst and we don't quickly transition to a clean energy economy.  But it's important to recognize that even Ken Caldeira, a climatologist who is studying aerosol shading, said that "Geoengineering is not an alternative to carbon emissionsreductions...If emissions keep going up and up, and you usegeoengineering as a way to deal with it, it’s pretty clear the endgameof that process is pretty ugly.”

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