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Jim Kestell

Jim Kestell

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I'm a retired commercial fisherman and ex-medic with 6 years of independent study concerning climate change mitigation/adaptation. I'm the author of the IMBECS Protocol Draft and a regular contributor to the Google Group/Geoengineering site and other discussion groups related to large scale climate change mitigation/adaptation means and methods.

I'm developing the concept of a marine centric Biogeoengineering disipline as a counter to the chemical based Geoengineering concept known as Stratospheric Aerosol (sulfuric acid) Injection (SAI). In brief, SAI will, in it's current protocol, significantly increase polar heating by increasing the production of polar stratospheric clouds (PSC) and thus SAI has the real and significant potential to propel us into an Arctic Methane Tipping Point and other catastrophic climate warming related events.

The SAI and PSC link has never been modeled by the proponents of SAI. Yet, the belief that SAI will save us, or buy us time, in the event of catastrophic climate change has been accepted by both national and international authorities. The basic science tells us that that assumption of SAI being useful...is simply....false.  

I live by a 15 acre spring fed mountain lake, within 40 acres of second growth forest, in the North Cascades and enjoy exploring the Mt. Baker Wilderness in search of undiscovered fungi and other flora and fauna. I'm currently relocating slime mold specimens to my forest for easy observation of their intelligence (in N. Cascade terms, having a 'pet' slime mold colony is 'cool';))). In brief, the mycological world offers us many useful tools and insights.

MIT CoLab Awards:

Finalist: USG Leadership on MBECS Developement/Demand and Within International Treaties

Simi-Finalist: Industrial GHG Reduction, Sustainable Growth and the IMBECS Protocol

 

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The Resilience Action NetworkJul 24, 2013

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Jim Kestell joined the Climate CoLab communityJul 24, 2013
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