tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718772691289114123.post4442960580709851351..comments2024-03-17T17:03:57.875-07:00Comments on Idiot Tracker: Does geoengineering have to continue for thousands of years?TheTrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10011829472333355911noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718772691289114123.post-77186826171480372352013-02-05T02:03:23.847-08:002013-02-05T02:03:23.847-08:00Geo-engineering, much like alternative energy, wil...Geo-engineering, much like <a href="http://www.solarpanelsgreendeal.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">alternative energy</a>, will always be here as long as the world continues to evolve. Our mere survival depends on it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02796003026804275551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718772691289114123.post-81330845061086792982012-12-20T12:01:28.176-08:002012-12-20T12:01:28.176-08:00I hate your tag "Chris Reynolds is smarter th...I hate your tag "Chris Reynolds is smarter than I am", I can guarantee it's very probably not true! LOL.<br /><br />I'll consider what you have to say. Did you notice my footnote in the comments about Azolla? Remig, a commenter made the point. If correct, and if I'm correct about us re-running the PETM then the stakes could be much higher. The Azolla issue could feasibly put the End Permian back on the table. Something I'd not considered at all possible. :(<br /><br />Here's Remig's original point:<br />http://dosbat.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/something-wicked-this-way-comes.html?showComment=1355522778695#c8979974300658220414<br />My comment afterwards contains links. And I'm now taking the issue far more seriously having slept on it.Chris Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843133350978717556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718772691289114123.post-17540273470606531832012-12-20T08:09:11.336-08:002012-12-20T08:09:11.336-08:00The problem with many forms of adaptation is that ...The problem with many forms of adaptation is that they work up to a point but then ultimately, without mitigation and/or geo-engineering, they can actually make things worse in the long run. <br /><br />For example; let's say New York installs a tidal barrier that will protect against another metre of sea level rise. As a consequence, protected by the barrier, the city carries on expanding for the next 70 years. So what then happens when SLR continues and a big storm goes over the new barrier? Due to the complacency created by the barrier, it's that much more devastating.<br /><br />In Japan they built 15 metre tsunami defences to protect the fishing villages along the coast. They were of course breached, during the last 'black swan' tsunami that took out Fukushima. It's interesting to speculate whether as many people would have been killed if the tsunami defences hadn't been built. Perhaps people would have been more cautious about where was developed and their response to sirens would have been more urgent? John Russellhttp://www.gmg.tvnoreply@blogger.com