They sure do.
Yes, humans are causing some climate change. No, that doesn't mean we need a self-flagellating, anti-capitalist moral panic about carbon emissions. Geoengineering may be cheaper and more effective.https://twitter.com/sentientist/status/981920441479716865 …
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I assume that you are aware of the critique against that idea. Eg Martin Weitzman views it as very risky. Here a review of his book by William Nordhaus: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2015/06/04/new-solution-climate-club/ …
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Thanks; I'll have a look.
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Geoengineering doesn't have to be done by governments.
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I’m not sure how that would work. Sure private sector could implement it but it’s difficult to see a scenario where it isn’t majority government funded and it would need to be heavily regulated. So, the “control” would remain in government hands...
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Unfortunately there are a few films that have made people feel irrationally panicky about geoengineering - and none entertaining enough to warrant the damage to public attitudespic.twitter.com/5qZiu1D5cN
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The fact that there are some really bad movies about the dangers of geoengineering doesn‘t mean it‘s not dangerous :-)
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From Freeman Dyson's "Heretical Thoughts About Science and Society"pic.twitter.com/M2W7IjJQkD
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To those interested, here is a link to the version of the lecture excerpted: https://www.edge.org/conversation/freeman_dyson-heretical-thoughts-about-science-and-society … Here's another version of the lecture with additional sections: http://www.bu.edu/pardee/files/documents/Lecture05-Dyson.pdf …
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