It may be cheap, but does it really work, and are there any side effects?
Chris
Oliver Tickell wrote:
>Actually Tom the scary thing about geoengineering is that it could be very
>very cheap. John Latham has done a rough costing for his cloud albedo
>enhancer which comes to:
>$50m research
>$50m tooling up
>$2m each per spray vessel to build and maintain (60 per year =$120m)
>This would be able to keep the Earth's temperature rouighly where it is.
>At approx $100m per year it is cheap, cheap, cheap! Hence the danger that it
>might undermine the actions we need to take to reduce emissions.
>
>Oliver
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Discussion list for the Crisis Forum
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Barker
>Sent: 01 August 2008 09:41
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [Fwd: Edinburgh- Lecturer in Social policy for biochar and soil
>carbon storage]
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>Some of it is scary, some of it bonkers, some of it might help, but it is
>all very expensive. I have a bid in for some myself, although it's a more
>benign form than you read in the papers. Biochar is not geoengineering,
>mind, it's rather sensible and promising, and does not share the dangers of
>biofuels.
>
>Cheers, Tom
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>
>At 22:35 31/07/2008, CHRIS KEENE wrote:
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>>I would be interested in knowing what people think of geo-engineering?
>>Is it to become the new biofuels?
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>>Chris
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>>-------- Original Message --------
>>Subject: Edinburgh- Lecturer in Social
>>policy for biochar and soil carbon storage
>>Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:04:55 +0100
>>From: Daniele Conversi <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: Daniele Conversi <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
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>>*University of Edinburgh*
>>*Lecturer in Social policy for biochar and soil carbon storage* (As
>>part of the Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage)
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>>Biochar and soil carbon storage are newly developing topics which may
>>have a crucial role in mitigating climate change through alterations to
>>existing agriculture and forestry systems.
>>You will undertake, and lead, international quality research to create
>>a centre of world significance in biological carbon storage and capture
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>>from atmosphere. This compliments our existing strong expertise in
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>>powerplant carbon capture and storage. This post is focused on the
>>social aspects of innovating, funding and testing new systems in
>>agricultural and forestry practices worldwide. You will also undertake
>>undergraduate and MSc teaching. Funding exists for you to specify and
>>recruit one 3 year PDRA, and several PhD students.
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>>Edinburgh has funding to create 6 new permanent lectureships in carbon
>>capture. These will link from GeoSciences to Engineering and Chemical
>>Engineering in the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.
>>In June 2008 the Times Higher rated Edinburgh as in the world top 8 for
>>Ecology and Environment research, Edinburgh is consistently ranked in
>>the world top 30 research Universities.
>>Your particular research expertise is to examine all aspects of the
>>social setting, systems and behaviour which enable or block the
>>innovation of biochar systems in rural communities and forestry
>>systems, to investigate national and world funding mechanisms, and
>>examine the technical effectiveness of biochar and soil carbon as a
>>long term mitigation strategy.
>>Adequate funding exists to rapidly establish a national and world
>>profile in biochar research, by means of conference attendance,
>>conference hosting, and PhD recruitment.
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>>You will initially be working as part of the UK's largest carbon
>>storage research group, currently focused on geological storage. There
>>are unprecedented opportunities to create diverse cross-discipline
>>links in biologically based carbon storage, within the University and
>>to national organisations in the local area, such as Scottish
>>Agriculture College, Centre Ecology Hydrology, and to act as a UK-wide
>>focus of biochar research activity.
>>You will have a PhD in social science, soil science, chemistry,
>>engineering, geosciences, or another relevant subject, and have the
>>proven and published ability to understand, work with, and lead a
>>diverse range of academics and stakeholders in the UK and worldwide.
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>>Salary Scale:* £34,793 to £41,545* pa
>>Vacancy reference:* 3009518jw*
>>Closing date:* 19 August 2008*
>>For further particulars_
>>https://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/jobs/index.cfm?action=jobdet&jobid=3009518_
>>and an application pack visit our website
>>(_www.jobs.ed.ac.uk_) or telephone the recruitment line on
>>0131 650 2511.
>>Click here for_ Employer Profile_
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