< The greatest temptation is the naïve hope for a quick fix that will spare us from the difficult challenges of cutting greenhouse gas emissions or finding a way to live together on a shared planet. Even if one of these geoengineering schemes does pan out, be assured that it isn’t going to prove either simple or a “solution”. >

Absolutely right.

Well...it is the second greatest temptation. The first is denial that climate change is happening or that it is anthropogenic or that we need to do anything about reducing emissions. The problem is just so enormous for many people to get their heads around and the means of doing something meaningful about it are so threatening to their way of life that they take the easy path and just dismiss the whole business.

Technofix advocates are basically business-as-usualists to just the same extent as denialists.

Hi Ludwig,
You too should resume taking your medications.
The sooner that Academics realise that it is the rest of us (who you say are doomed) that provide the taxes that pay your salaries the better.
The end of the world is not nigh, nor are we going to roast in hell.

Oh I see Phoenix - we aren't gonna roast therefore we shouldn't do anything!

Mmmm hmmmm. That sounds sensible.

Methinks it is time for you to stop being so polarised and to start thinking in shades of grey. If things are going to get somewhat worse, and all indications point in that direction, then we should strive to be slightly sensible about reducing the impact, yes?

And if there is any doubt at all, then we should err on the side of caution, yeah?

Aaand, there is no way that you can assert that anthropogenic climate change isn't happening.

So my friend, start erring on the side of caution and at least espouse a stabilisation of greenhouse gas emissions.

BTW, can you show me where I said that we are <<doomed>>? No you can't coz I didn't say anything of the sort.

Whatever you are taking, you'd better give it up. How about a New Year's resolution - give up the hallucinogenic stuff so that you might be able to read comments without reading non-existent stuff into them.

Just another Eco shill selling books, not even a scientist .. meh

Ludwig's reasoning

Smart people - believe in AGW, demand man stop making CO2 (GAK! You first please.)

Stupid people - are skeptical of man's contribution to GW. (I'll translate that for you shall I - DENIERS! or even HERETICS! to the same effect, we all know who you mean)

You can't just simplify it like that, it's like the idiots who say understanding AGW is just simple physics - which isn't simple at all when applied to a chaotic planet wide system

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

Now, this applies to those who arrogantly believe in AGW

The solution is not to turn everyones life back 300 years but to accept what if anything is happening and deal with the reality.

We have a system which works – don’t think giving artificial economic advantages to supposed “green technology”, through forcing ETS taxes on traditional services and products will make one iota of difference…. That is just like believing in fairies.

The more I hear about AGW etc. the more I feel it is just a scam promoted by an environmental movement, infiltrated by collectivists, their last attempt at world domination having (naturally) failed with the collapse of the USSR.

Its all just

Socialism by Stealth