David Keith

@DKeithClimate

Working on science & policy of climate since ~350 ppm. Technology and policy of solar geoengineering. Also, wilderness travel & environmental activism.

2/3 Cambridge & 1/3 Canmore
Vrijeme pridruživanja: rujan 2015.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. 4. velj

    Flu has killed 10,000 this season. Perception of Coronavirus risk is not just about mortality rates. Thank you Kahneman and Tversky

  2. 2. velj

    Out running in NYC rain, struck by the century-long triumph of environmental regulation that allows air so clean in a huge city. We should celebrate environmental success to demonstrate the power of government regulating for public good & driving technological change.

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  3. 1. velj

    This argument assumes: If X is studied at Harvard then X is happening in the real world. Topics studied at Harvard include: witchcraft, world peace, nuclear war, and interstellar travel. Most (all?) of these are not happening now. Please rethink.

  4. 31. sij

    Want to work on solar geoengineering ? Any Harvard faculty in and discipline can supervise. We are keen to have people who take a critical view looking for technical or social failure modes. Applications due 28th Feb.

  5. 26. sij

    I get some strange emails....the disturbing thing about this one is that it's unclear if the writer's tongue in in his cheek. The complete text of email from "Dennis Gearon"

  6. 26. sij

    Public funding for geoengineering is overdue. Here's the quote I sent John “It’s terrific news. An important step forward. NOAA is the right agency to do this work.” Sent late as I was in rural Bangladesh ()

  7. 26. sij

    3/4 The sundarbans mangrove forest (worlds largest) helps protect Gabura, but it's hard to see how it can survive even 0.5 m more sea level plus a big cyclone. If sundarbans go we loose a natural wonder and folks like Amazing loose protection from cyclones

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  8. 26. sij

    1/4 In Bangladesh talking with people about climate change. At S edge of the delta, Gabura Island could not be more climate-vulnerable. Amazed Gazi (left and close up) is 70. He has survived about 10 big cyclones. Riton Quiah (middle) is interpreting.

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  9. 11. sij

    1/3 Interesting new paper from Masa Sugiyama on SE-Asian view of solar geoengineering. Clever to follow Bostrom and use college students ensures similar education and samples and age that matters.

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  10. 31. pro 2019.

    Thanks! in "How much bulk energy storage is needed to decarbonize electricity?" we find (a) that bats are *long* way from being cost effective for deep decarb of electricity, and (b) there are other ways to to very low carbon intensity.

  11. 31. pro 2019.

    At 11:00 says we must have carbon removal to stop solar geo without termination. Not so! Even without any CDR temporary SG can slow the rate of change. See for example:

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  12. 20. pro 2019.

    Why the World’s First Solar Geoengineering Test Is So Controversial. Careful new video from media

  13. 17. pro 2019.

    Nordhaus not "remotely realistic". Maybe. Virtue of DICE is simplicity & transparency. Nordhaus is serious about updating damage func with empirical data. But unitary utilitarian view is a woefully small window into climate policy. Page from my book

  14. 15. pro 2019.

    Got an hour? Want a long-form lecture on solar and how it fits into climate strategy? Likely not. But, just in case... My talk is up. This is a major 2019 reboot of my 'standard' solar geo talk. bouquets or brickbats welcome.

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  15. 13. pro 2019.

    Early light this morning at 's old blue barn. Our team just realized that we were slightly understating the performance of our commercial plant because we had assumed 400 ppm, and average over plant life is more likely >420. Funny and scary.

  16. 10. pro 2019.
  17. 29. stu 2019.
    Odgovor korisnicima

    Not so. launching satellites requires a license. The power of those licenses ultimately derives from the outer space treaty (see beautiful opening text below ). I agree billionaires have too much power but don't let our elected representatives off the hook.

  18. 31. lis 2019.

    Exactly. nails it. Most CDR needs national-level governance that's integrated with mitigation. The uncritical talk or need for global governance driven by unrealism if 1.5 scenarios. Focus on emissions cuts and build CDR into national net emissions policy

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  19. 25. lis 2019.

    Great Q. There's a phase diagram for that in our Carbon Neutral Hydrocarbons paper . Number are wrong the the tradeoffs are right. At low-oil and high-solar prices and offsets win, but as solar gets cheaper air-to-fuels will win

  20. 25. lis 2019.

    3/3 I am *so* proud of @CarbonEngineering, but.. This is NOT about one company. It’s about an energy pathway that could grow to >10% of global primary energy before mid-century, allowing intermittent solar energy to energize heavy transport and other hard-to-decarbonize sectors.

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