Delayed Gratification Reading Club
London, UK
Books — November 2021
Geoengineering: The Gamble
"An important read." (The Sunday Times) — "A stark warning." (The Guardian)
CFR podcast: Dimming the Sky
Why It Matters
Green Moral Hazards
The core question is whether any kind of technofix that sustains fossil-fueled capitalism and the status quo can be considered “green.”
National Academies
Boulder, CO
Highly decentralized solar geoengineering
At ~$5/kg SO2 delivered, balloons are only ~4x as expensive as high-altitude aircraft
Erklär mir CO₂-Steuern
Eine Steuer auf CO₂ einzuführen ist die beliebteste Lösung gegen den Klimawandel. Warum eigentlich?
Outside/In — Planet "B"
Is geoengineering crazy enough to work? Or just plain crazy?
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Slow Journalism Night
London, UK
Might research on solar geoengineering resemble its broader “free-driver” dynamics?
Moving to Economics 102 often reverses fundamental Econ 101 answers around cutting carbon emissions. Might the same be true—in reverse—when moving from Solar Geoengineering 101 to 102?