Archive for Climate
“Climate scientists: it’s time for ‘Plan B’ ” – The Independent Survey
Posted by: | CommentsAccording the Independent newspaper – Steve Connor, Science Editor and Chris Green.
Friday, 2 January 2009 “An emergency “Plan B” using the latest technology is needed to save the world from dangerous climate change, according to a poll of leading scientists” carried out by The Independent. This is due to the collective international failure to curb the growing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.
A significant proportion would now support research into such measures as seeding the oceans with iron filings to promote algae growth, seeding the upper atmosphere with sulphate particles to mimic the cooling effect noticed when large volcanoes such as Krakatoa exploded (still detectable in the early 20th Century), the location in fixed orbit of millions of solar mirrors, and the Salter scheme for spraying sea water in the air using thousands of radio controlled, sailing ships, to create fog which increases the earths albedo and on shore precipitation.
Just over half of the 80 international specialists in climate science who took part in the Independent survey think that the situation is now so dire that we need to start seriously considering these kind of geo engineering or “terra forming” approaches.
Its a shame there was no mention of the Desert Rose concept, and the Seawater Greenhouse concept
Most of the comments were sneeringly dismissive of the problem of global warming regarding it as a fantasy.
Promoters overstate the environmental benefit of wind farms
Posted by: | CommentsAccording to the Daily Telegraph, Dec 21, The British Wind Energy Association, (BWEA ) the wind farm industry lobby group, has been “forced to admit that the environmental benefit of wind power in reducing carbon emissions is only half as big as it had previously claimed”. This is because it used a carbon emission figure for coal fired power stations, rather than an average figure. This follows a ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority.
This is arguably a perverse interpretation of the facts and / or an admission that the emissions trading scheme is not or will not work. If the emissions trading scheme is working, then the whole rationale is to force off the system the highest carbon emitter which will be old coal – 860 grams of carbon dioxide emission for every kilowatt hour of electricity generated which is the carbon emissions figure the BWEA was using, whereas now it has been forced to use the average figure of 430 g/kWh.
This inconsistency has previously been pointed out by William Orchard of Orchard Partners, who points out the same flawed logic in Government calculations.
Desert Rose Project – Trees, Water and Food and fuel maybe from the Desert
Posted by: | CommentsDr. Richard Lawson, M.D. Thursday, 27 November 2008. Prepared for Claverton Conference, 24th October 2008, Bath.
See also:
http://www.claverton-energy.com/desert-rose-fresh-water-forest-cover.html
Contents
Problems to be addressed
Overview
Ethical standards for the strategy
Partnerships
Technology
Community
Finance
Personnel
Timeline
Arboricultural Rationale
The Aim
Desert Rose intends to reforest desert areas by using solar desalination of seawater to irrigate new growth until the area of forest so created is sufficient to sustain and propagate itself.
