Geoengineering: The good, the MAD, and the sensible
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber1
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegraphenberg A31, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
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Science 29 January 2010:
Vol. 327 no. 5965 p. 527
DOI: 10.1126/science.1183877
Policy Forum
Climate Change
The Politics of Geoengineering
Jason J. Blackstock1,2,* and Jane C. S. Long3
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Author Affiliations
1International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, A2361, Austria.
http://at.indeed.com/Department-Nuclear-Energy-Jobs-2361-Laxenburg 2Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, N2L 6C2, Canada.
3Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA (DE-AC52-07NA27344).
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/327/5965/527.summaryInterestingly this article does not cost anything. And also interestingly enough: "MAD" is not only a synonym for "crazy" but also the acronym for "Militärischer Abschirmdienst" which is a German secret agency specialized on the military section of Germany.
But this is not what it means in this context:
"On closer inspection, SRM exhibits MAD traits. The latter acronym stands for “mutual assured destruction,” that is, the ominous doctrine of the arms race frenzy. If the climate can be influenced rather inexpensively by sending aerosol rockets to the stratosphere, then who decides when and where the buttons are pushed?"
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/51/20277.fullSchellnhuber himself admits that the use of geoengineering techniques is "mutual assured destruction".
If it is so it understands for itself that nobody wants to take the responsibility officially admitting that geoengineering is already going on.
