Comments on: Government guarantees: technology to avert climate change? http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/11/25/government-guarantees-technology-to-avert-climate-change/ Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:12:37 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gabriel B. Atega http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/11/25/government-guarantees-technology-to-avert-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-81377 Gabriel B. Atega Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:07:07 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=8076#comment-81377 Even if CO2 will be reduced from 350 ppm to 0 ppm, climate change will continue because what is happening has nothing to do with CO2 and greenhouse gasses. The ice caps have been melting since after the peak of the last ice age and this phenomenon was never driven by CO2. The Earth has continually been warming since after the ice age. Scientist are not talking about the role of water. Water has been changing from vapor to ice to liquid. Past thermal maximums have been caused by water rising up to the atmosphere, and ice ages have been caused by the precipitation of water from high concentrations of water in the atmosphere. Scientists should open their minds to the movements of water since times past. Even if CO2 will be reduced from 350 ppm to 0 ppm, climate change will continue because what is happening has nothing to do with CO2 and greenhouse gasses.

The ice caps have been melting since after the peak of the last ice age and this phenomenon was never driven by CO2. The Earth has continually been warming since after the ice age.

Scientist are not talking about the role of water. Water has been changing from vapor to ice to liquid. Past thermal maximums have been caused by water rising up to the atmosphere, and ice ages have been caused by the precipitation of water from high concentrations of water in the atmosphere. Scientists should open their minds to the movements of water since times past.

]]> By: Robert Tulip http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/11/25/government-guarantees-technology-to-avert-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-81016 Robert Tulip Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:10:39 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=8076#comment-81016 The debate around Copenhagen is farcical. McKinsey published a report on pathways to a low carbon economy this year. As I read it, the difference between ‘business-as-usual’ and the ambitious goals proposed for a new climate treaty is that the treaty, which seems politically unrealistic, would give the world about five more years, 2030 instead of 2025, before reaching a dangerous greenhouse gas rate of 0.05%. My view is that ocean based algae biofuel presents the single best opportunity for a technological fix for climate change through planetary engineering. If less than one percent of the world ocean was used for algae biofuel production we could replace all fossil fuels, provide local ocean cooling, develop major new fisheries and regulate the level of CO2 in the atmosphere. Algae biofuel production appears to be the only strategy with potential to remove more greenhouse gasses than total world emissions. Suggestions for this proposal are at rtulip.net. The debate around Copenhagen is farcical. McKinsey published a report on pathways to a low carbon economy this year. As I read it, the difference between ‘business-as-usual’ and the ambitious goals proposed for a new climate treaty is that the treaty, which seems politically unrealistic, would give the world about five more years, 2030 instead of 2025, before reaching a dangerous greenhouse gas rate of 0.05%.

My view is that ocean based algae biofuel presents the single best opportunity for a technological fix for climate change through planetary engineering. If less than one percent of the world ocean was used for algae biofuel production we could replace all fossil fuels, provide local ocean cooling, develop major new fisheries and regulate the level of CO2 in the atmosphere. Algae biofuel production appears to be the only strategy with potential to remove more greenhouse gasses than total world emissions. Suggestions for this proposal are at rtulip.net.

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