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ch is a material that can absorb gasses. Next, the CO2 English Section 46
has to be extracted from the sorbent and sequestered,
presumably by pumping it deep underground at relatively BACKFIRE: ABC, CNN, NBC 46
high c oncentration or by binding it to minerals—a bit like CALL FOR WHITE HOUSE TO
how we handle nuclear waste. But another possibility RELEASE BENGHAZI EMAILS
includes actually converting it back into fuel. One
particularly attractive possibility that has been proposed 1392 تشهبیدرا27 جمعه- 1239 شماره/ سال متسیب
involves using an “exchange resin” sorbent which binds
CO2 when dry and releases it when wet. In this way by JOHN NOLTE Sorry to be late to this discussion. We need In touch with Iranian diversity
the evaporation of water could actually be used to help 15 May 2013, to resolve this in a way that respects all
reduce the energy burden associated with binding and NBC's senior White House correspondent joined of the relevant equities, particularly the Vol. 20 / No. 1239 - Friday, May 17, 2013
subsequently extracting the CO2. the chorus Wednesday. On his MSNBC show, investigation.
Note that direct air capture is also not to be confused with "The Daily Rundown," Chuck Todd looked into There is a ton of wrong information getting
so-called “geoengineering,” which attempts to lessen the camera and said, "Attention White House: out into the public domain from Congress and
the impact of climate change using other global (and Release all the emails." The headline has been people who are not particularly informed.
potentially environmentally hazardous) interventions, updated to add NBC. Insofar as we have firmed up assessments that
unrelated to the root cause. Put another way, direct air Assuming they are the ones who leaked to CNN don’t compromise intel or the investigation,
capture would treat the disease, not merely the symptoms. an email written by Ben Rhoades (a Deputy we need to have the capability to correct the
Though there could be huge advantages to directly National Security Advisor close to the President), record, as there are significant policy and
extracting carbon dioxide from our a tmosphere instead of the White House might have been too clever by messaging ramifications that would flow
from its source, there has been almost no R&D funding to half Tuesday. An act that was obviously meant from a hardened mis-impression.
explore making it a reality. Meanwhile, literally hundreds to pour water on the Benghazi fire started by We can take this up tomorrow morning at
of billions of dollars have been put into subsidies for an ABC News report, has only ended up being deputies.
fossil fuel exploration and production. If direct air capture gasoline. Now both CNN and ABC have joined What is important about this version is that it
proves economically competitive at all, it could potentially conservative media in calling for the White does not directly mention the State Department,
be scaled to control atmospheric concentrations with House to release all the emails surrounding the which gives the White House some cover when it
falling marginal cost. More important, from a political editing of the CIA talking points. comes to its role in shaping the talking points. And
and economic perspective, it could perhaps be carried Friday, in a bombshell report that blew the long- whether they leaked the email to Tapper or not,
out by any country, independent of whether that country simmering Libya scandal wide open and right into there is no question the White House was excited
is a net energy producer or user, and it would not affect the arms of the mainstream media, ABC's Jonathan about the leak. White House spokesman Jay
“competitiveness.” Karl reported that an email written by Rhoades Carney made sure to mention the news of Tapper's
At present, it is difficult to determine the cost of direct specifically mentioned the State Department's report in yesterday's White House briefing.
extraction. (See a recent piece in the Atlantic, in which concerns about the CIA talking points. Here is how But things aren’t exactly turning out the way the
my ASU colleague Daniel Sarewitz and the University Karl transcribed the Rhoades email: White House likely hoped.
of Colorado at Boulder’s Roger Pielke Jr. write that Though he didn’t see the original Rhoades email
estimates range from $20 per ton of CO2 to two orders We must make sure that the talking points and was reporting off what a source told him the
of m agnitude higher.) By comparison, the current world reflect all agency equities, including those email said, Karl stands by his original reporting:
production of CO2 is approximately 30 billion tons. But of the State Department, and we don’t want I asked my original source today to explain
without R&D support to test several technologically to undermine the FBI investigation. We thus the different wording on the Ben Rhodes
viable proposals, it will be impossible to determine if this will work through the talking points tomorrow e-mail, and the fact that the words “State
approach, including the feasibility of sequestering the morning at the Deputies Committee meeting. Department” were not included in the e-mail
extracted C O2, is at all practical, cost effective, and safe. Though this point wasn't the main focus of Karl's provided to CNN’s Tapper.
If it is, the modular production of air capture u nits would report, it was important because it showed that This was my source’s response, via e-mail:
result in economies of scale, and units could be shipped the White House was backing State in pushing “WH reply was after a long chain of email
in standard containers a nywhere in the world, away from inconvenient facts out of the talking points. This about State Dept concerns. So when WH
population centers in dry wastelands. included the fact that terrorists were behind the emailer says, take into account all equities,
Given the risks of increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere, attack and that State had been negligent when he is talking about the State equities, since
and the difficulty of slowing current production, at the it came to providing security for our diplomatic that is what the email chain was about.”
very least some modest government R&D support of this mission. Karl then called for the White House to release the
important possible alternative seems appropriate right In the end, as we now know, and apparently due full transcripts of the full email chain surrounding
now to help safeguard our future. to the prodding of Hillary Clinton's right hand the shaping of the CIA talking points:
The road to sustainability will be a long one. At best it woman at State, Victoria Nuland, the talking The White House could still clear up this
may be decades before we are able to w ean ourselves off points ended up being completely wrong, which confusion by releasing the full e-mail
of fossil fuels. The possibly drastic upheaval that climate resulted in the American people being misled by transcripts that were provided for brief review
change may bring for future generations as a result of the Obama Administration, straight through to a by a select number of members of Congress
the activities of present and past generations suggests that speech the President gave at the United Nations earlier this year. If there’s “no ‘there’ there,” as
at the very least we should seriously consider cleaning almost two weeks after the attack. President Obama himself claimed yesterday, a
up our own mess, and doing it now. Direct air capture Yesterday, though, CNN's Jake Tapper received full release should help his case.
may be one way to do that. Not funding research into this what he was told by a source is the actual transcript On his verified Twitter account, Tapper quickly
possibility even as we p ursue other important research to of Rhoades' email, which reads this way: agreed and added that, "If there's 'no "there" there,'
address climate change seems, in this sense, negligent. as POTUS said, [this] shouldnt be a problem."
This article arises from Future Tense, a collaboration All –
among Arizona State University, the New America
Foundation, and Slate. Future Tense explores the ways
emerging technologies affect society, policy, and culture.
To read more, visit the Future Tense blog and the Future
Tense home page. You can also follow us on Twitter.
*Update, May 13, 2013: The 15 participants in the paper
are Lawrence M. Krauss, Kip Hodges, Ariel Anbar, Arjun
Helmsath, Sander Van der Leeuw, and Manfred Laubichler
of Arizona State University; Wallace Broecker, Klaus
S. Lackner, and Scott Barrett of Columbia U niversity;
Jeffrey Severinghaus and Ralph Keeling of University
of California-San Diego; J. Michael Hall (NOAA,
retired); James Anderson of Harvard University; Ray
P iierrehumbert of the University of Chicago; and James
Hansen (NASA, retired).
--------------
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/05/direct_air_
carbon_capture_technology_must_be_developed_to_help_fight_climate.html
has to be extracted from the sorbent and sequestered,
presumably by pumping it deep underground at relatively BACKFIRE: ABC, CNN, NBC 46
high c oncentration or by binding it to minerals—a bit like CALL FOR WHITE HOUSE TO
how we handle nuclear waste. But another possibility RELEASE BENGHAZI EMAILS
includes actually converting it back into fuel. One
particularly attractive possibility that has been proposed 1392 تشهبیدرا27 جمعه- 1239 شماره/ سال متسیب
involves using an “exchange resin” sorbent which binds
CO2 when dry and releases it when wet. In this way by JOHN NOLTE Sorry to be late to this discussion. We need In touch with Iranian diversity
the evaporation of water could actually be used to help 15 May 2013, to resolve this in a way that respects all
reduce the energy burden associated with binding and NBC's senior White House correspondent joined of the relevant equities, particularly the Vol. 20 / No. 1239 - Friday, May 17, 2013
subsequently extracting the CO2. the chorus Wednesday. On his MSNBC show, investigation.
Note that direct air capture is also not to be confused with "The Daily Rundown," Chuck Todd looked into There is a ton of wrong information getting
so-called “geoengineering,” which attempts to lessen the camera and said, "Attention White House: out into the public domain from Congress and
the impact of climate change using other global (and Release all the emails." The headline has been people who are not particularly informed.
potentially environmentally hazardous) interventions, updated to add NBC. Insofar as we have firmed up assessments that
unrelated to the root cause. Put another way, direct air Assuming they are the ones who leaked to CNN don’t compromise intel or the investigation,
capture would treat the disease, not merely the symptoms. an email written by Ben Rhoades (a Deputy we need to have the capability to correct the
Though there could be huge advantages to directly National Security Advisor close to the President), record, as there are significant policy and
extracting carbon dioxide from our a tmosphere instead of the White House might have been too clever by messaging ramifications that would flow
from its source, there has been almost no R&D funding to half Tuesday. An act that was obviously meant from a hardened mis-impression.
explore making it a reality. Meanwhile, literally hundreds to pour water on the Benghazi fire started by We can take this up tomorrow morning at
of billions of dollars have been put into subsidies for an ABC News report, has only ended up being deputies.
fossil fuel exploration and production. If direct air capture gasoline. Now both CNN and ABC have joined What is important about this version is that it
proves economically competitive at all, it could potentially conservative media in calling for the White does not directly mention the State Department,
be scaled to control atmospheric concentrations with House to release all the emails surrounding the which gives the White House some cover when it
falling marginal cost. More important, from a political editing of the CIA talking points. comes to its role in shaping the talking points. And
and economic perspective, it could perhaps be carried Friday, in a bombshell report that blew the long- whether they leaked the email to Tapper or not,
out by any country, independent of whether that country simmering Libya scandal wide open and right into there is no question the White House was excited
is a net energy producer or user, and it would not affect the arms of the mainstream media, ABC's Jonathan about the leak. White House spokesman Jay
“competitiveness.” Karl reported that an email written by Rhoades Carney made sure to mention the news of Tapper's
At present, it is difficult to determine the cost of direct specifically mentioned the State Department's report in yesterday's White House briefing.
extraction. (See a recent piece in the Atlantic, in which concerns about the CIA talking points. Here is how But things aren’t exactly turning out the way the
my ASU colleague Daniel Sarewitz and the University Karl transcribed the Rhoades email: White House likely hoped.
of Colorado at Boulder’s Roger Pielke Jr. write that Though he didn’t see the original Rhoades email
estimates range from $20 per ton of CO2 to two orders We must make sure that the talking points and was reporting off what a source told him the
of m agnitude higher.) By comparison, the current world reflect all agency equities, including those email said, Karl stands by his original reporting:
production of CO2 is approximately 30 billion tons. But of the State Department, and we don’t want I asked my original source today to explain
without R&D support to test several technologically to undermine the FBI investigation. We thus the different wording on the Ben Rhodes
viable proposals, it will be impossible to determine if this will work through the talking points tomorrow e-mail, and the fact that the words “State
approach, including the feasibility of sequestering the morning at the Deputies Committee meeting. Department” were not included in the e-mail
extracted C O2, is at all practical, cost effective, and safe. Though this point wasn't the main focus of Karl's provided to CNN’s Tapper.
If it is, the modular production of air capture u nits would report, it was important because it showed that This was my source’s response, via e-mail:
result in economies of scale, and units could be shipped the White House was backing State in pushing “WH reply was after a long chain of email
in standard containers a nywhere in the world, away from inconvenient facts out of the talking points. This about State Dept concerns. So when WH
population centers in dry wastelands. included the fact that terrorists were behind the emailer says, take into account all equities,
Given the risks of increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere, attack and that State had been negligent when he is talking about the State equities, since
and the difficulty of slowing current production, at the it came to providing security for our diplomatic that is what the email chain was about.”
very least some modest government R&D support of this mission. Karl then called for the White House to release the
important possible alternative seems appropriate right In the end, as we now know, and apparently due full transcripts of the full email chain surrounding
now to help safeguard our future. to the prodding of Hillary Clinton's right hand the shaping of the CIA talking points:
The road to sustainability will be a long one. At best it woman at State, Victoria Nuland, the talking The White House could still clear up this
may be decades before we are able to w ean ourselves off points ended up being completely wrong, which confusion by releasing the full e-mail
of fossil fuels. The possibly drastic upheaval that climate resulted in the American people being misled by transcripts that were provided for brief review
change may bring for future generations as a result of the Obama Administration, straight through to a by a select number of members of Congress
the activities of present and past generations suggests that speech the President gave at the United Nations earlier this year. If there’s “no ‘there’ there,” as
at the very least we should seriously consider cleaning almost two weeks after the attack. President Obama himself claimed yesterday, a
up our own mess, and doing it now. Direct air capture Yesterday, though, CNN's Jake Tapper received full release should help his case.
may be one way to do that. Not funding research into this what he was told by a source is the actual transcript On his verified Twitter account, Tapper quickly
possibility even as we p ursue other important research to of Rhoades' email, which reads this way: agreed and added that, "If there's 'no "there" there,'
address climate change seems, in this sense, negligent. as POTUS said, [this] shouldnt be a problem."
This article arises from Future Tense, a collaboration All –
among Arizona State University, the New America
Foundation, and Slate. Future Tense explores the ways
emerging technologies affect society, policy, and culture.
To read more, visit the Future Tense blog and the Future
Tense home page. You can also follow us on Twitter.
*Update, May 13, 2013: The 15 participants in the paper
are Lawrence M. Krauss, Kip Hodges, Ariel Anbar, Arjun
Helmsath, Sander Van der Leeuw, and Manfred Laubichler
of Arizona State University; Wallace Broecker, Klaus
S. Lackner, and Scott Barrett of Columbia U niversity;
Jeffrey Severinghaus and Ralph Keeling of University
of California-San Diego; J. Michael Hall (NOAA,
retired); James Anderson of Harvard University; Ray
P iierrehumbert of the University of Chicago; and James
Hansen (NASA, retired).
--------------
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/05/direct_air_
carbon_capture_technology_must_be_developed_to_help_fight_climate.html
