Comment on Climate and Energy Policies: Two Sides of the Same Coin (?) by hunter

Welcome to Dr. Hartley. I am sorry I was unable to attend the lecture in person. Dividing- or at least recognizing that CO2 obsessions and energy policy are not necessarily the same thing is an important step back towards rational energy policies and climate policies.
An important aspect of this is the ruggedness of energy infrastructure. Wind power and crop-based biofuels are vulnerable to normal weather extremes like windstorms and droughts. Neither if fully implemented would prevent windstorms or droughts.
As to ideas like seeding iron into the southern oceans to increase phytoplankton, I think one way to look at it would be from the point of view of the value of increasing ocean fishery yields. More phytoplankton would yield larger fishing catches. If it also ties up some CO2, that is not a bad thing. How to pay for the seeding that would benefit fishing interests is a significant issue, but if the AGW community truly believes that CO2 should be reduced, then perhaps the true believers could foot the bill for a few years’ of a pilot project to determine if the promise holds up in the reality.