NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Anthropocene, Thermostat, Tourniquet
7 Mar 2016
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Click q: if we apply cultural theory to kintisch, then the red team, discussing geoengineering are egalitarian. Even scientists belong to different groups and have different perspective about specific topic. Socolow"s wedges" a plural approach to solving acc. Stewart brand"s notion of gardening" (blue team) vs the romantics" notion of nature as wild" (red team) Clicker q: select the analogy to which geoeng has not been compared to in your readings: insulin for a diabetic patient. Budget analogy for geoeng: imagine total ghg levels are debt, and current emissions are new visa charges our charges are actually accelerating. The most that emission are ever reduced are 1% a year. Moral hazard: risk-taking without consequences for the risk taker. (example of bank loaning money to companies at risk so if the bank is ever under risk the government would bail out) Blue team hierarchist and red team egalitarian.
