Surprise: Geoengineering researchers cannot control real-world technology deployment
Dr. Kevin Surprise · The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry · Apr 27, 2023 · at 15:05
Dr. Kevin Surprise of Mount Holyoke College discusses the limitations of scientific self-regulation against unauthorized commercial geoengineering deployments.
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“The experts who are researching this stuff are well-meaning and well-intentioned and are attempting to be very careful, but even with those safeguards that they're trying to impose on themselves, they are not going to have control over how this technology actually operates in the real world.”
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