links for 2006-06-27
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"In the wake of Kyoto, the time has now come to expand our policy horizons to include geoengineering, the direct manipulation of the Earth's climatic feedback system, as a serious alternative to ineffective and contentious regulation."
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"[S]ome of the world's most prominent scientists say the [geoengineering] proposals deserve a serious look because of growing concerns about global warming."
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"[T]he most radical of all geoengineering concepts involves nothing less than moving the Earth itself, cooling the planet by shifting its orbit further from the Sun."
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"In the past decade a handful of scientists and engineers have offered some big, bold, and highly controversial schemes to avert impending global environmental problems. These... range from ortho-tech to Star Trek, from massive reforestation efforts geare
Springer Verlag will publish a book focused on geo-engineering and terraforming, even including astro-engineering by October or September 2006. MACRRO-ENGINEERING: A CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE is already listed for sale at amazon and barnes & noble. Lead editor is Viorel Badescu.
Posted by: Richard Cathcart | July 24, 2006 at 09:00 AM