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G. Johansson et al. g. NAS 1992 ; IPCC 2007c) are the kinds of lasting measures that can cure ‘addiction’ to polluting practices without risking the potential side effects of geo-engineering – planetary methadone in my metaphor. Rather than pin our hopes on the gamble that geo-engineering will prove to be inexpensive, benign and administratively sustainable over centuries – none of which can remotely be assured now – in my value system, I – and most of the authors of this volume as well – would prefer to start to lower the human impact on the Earth through more conventional means.
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