Talk:Planetary engineering

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A few of us have been trying to start up a new Wikipedia:WikiProject Space Colonization (shortcut WP:SPACE) to organize work on topics of direct relevance to planetary engineering. Hop on over if you're interested. - Reaverdrop 16:08, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] "Politics of geoengineering"

Should this section be here with out a reference? If you could Reference this please.Leapster 15:16, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

No, and hence why I've nuked it. If anyone wants to re-add, they know what to do. mdf 13:40, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GeoEngineering is a real discipline

Uh, guys... geoengineers actually exist - it's a subset of Civil Engineering. GeoEngineers and do the following things:

  • Foundation Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (i.e. anytime you build any building you must look at the soil strength)
  • Geothermal Energy
  • Seismic Hazards/ Earthquakes
  • Rock Mechanics - e.g. tunnels, mines etc.
  • Geophysical Surveys
  • Dams/Hydro/ Levees (think Katrina)
  • Environmental remediation/design
  • Petroleum
  • Mining
  • Geology...
  • Tsunami stuff
  • ETC

ANY large scale Civil Engineering Product

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[edit] I think you're thinking of Geotechnical Engineering

What UC Berkley calls "Geoengineering" is what most people would refer to as Geotechnical Engineering. In most of the current scientific literature (Science, Nature, etc), geoengineering is specifically the science of environmental remediation through large scale planning.

--Jhamon 13:38, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Methods of geoengineering

Should this article include descriptions of the various proposed methods of geoengineering and their possible benefits and drawbacks? 144.226.230.36 21:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I think that would be an excellent addition to this article. I'm doing research in this area anyway for a class so I might try to expand it some in my free time. --Jhamon 03:22, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
For the methods, look at Stephen H. Salter and John Latham (cloudseeder-project), Paul J. Crutzen (sulpher spraying in atmosphere), looking about for the other ones. There was also a documentary that describes them all (think it was 4 episodes, i'll look for it)

KVDP (talk) 10:38, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Update: found documentairy and all extra geo-engineering methods. Look at external links at the main page or click here for the documentairy and here for the extra techniques (sea currents-project, ...)
UPDATE Included most of them myself, from the geoengineering blogspot some extra projects have not yet been described and the green wall project from the second documentary also needs adding. KVDP (talk) 12:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Include them in the article. Thanks. KVDP (talk) 12:56, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Geoengineering is not the same as accidental climate change

Whoever wrote most of the geoengineering section seemed to be under the false impression that accidental human-induced climate change should be considered planetary engineering. of "engineering," however, implies intent that was not present during the industrial revolution beginnings of global warming.

Geoengineering is about planned environmental remediation. I've edited and clarified it somewhat, but it still needs work.

--Jhamon 13:39, 29 September 2007 (UTC)