Practicing Summary and Paraphrase

In this post I will practice rhetorical analysis by summarizing and paraphrasing a quote I have taken from the article I have been breaking down. The article comes from The Washington Post and is written by Brad Plumer, who interviews climate scientist, David Keith, for the context of the publication.

James Wheeler. "Reflective Clouds Along Trans Canada Highway." 07/27/2012 via Flickr. Public Domain Dedication

QUOTE:

In response to Brad Plumer's question: "Okay. So, reflecting sunlight to cool the planet -- why should we consider this?"

David Keith: "The best case for taking solar geoengineering seriously is that the balance of scientific evidence we have -- from the same kind of climate models and other science that we use to understand climate change -- suggests that these technologies could, if used carefully, significantly reduce climate risk. Full stop."


My Summary of the Original Source:

Climate scientist David Keith believes that with the scientific evidence we have today, the use of methods to reflect sunlight to cool the planet can significantly reduce the problem of climate change due to global warming.


My Paraphrase of the Original Source:

David Keith believes that solar geoengineering's method of "reflecting sunlight to cool the planet" can "significantly reduce climate risk." This is all based off the amount of scientific evidence that we have "from the same kind of climate models ... [used] to understand climate change."