We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, July 7, 2014

Geoengineering SRM: Dark Clouds and Shady Solutions

Click here to access article by Jim Lee posted on Climate Viewer News.

This post contains a considerable amount of information on geoengineering methods (solar radiation management, or SRM) to cope with the growing amounts of greenhouse gases that are being spewed into the atmosphere by the growing capitalist economies and causing global warming which, it turn, is causing climate destabilization and related disasters. It appears to be a last desperate attempt by ruling capitalist classes to have growth, which their system requires, and a stable climate. The only other method involves the fantasy of fusion fuel, and it is becoming apparent that they have given up on this idea for the foreseeable future.
Geoengineering SRM is a dangerous idea. Scientists think they can mimic volcanoes’ natural process of cooling our planet by spraying sulfur into the sky using planes, drones, and floating hoses.  You cannot solve pollution with more pollution, and Geoengineering SRM proponents cannot predict nor control the weather.  After 60 years of cloud-seeding, the weather modification industry cannot accurately predict the outcomes of their “experiments” on a small scale so why would anyone believe it is possible to regulate global temperatures using weather manipulation techniques worldwide? Let us start with a video explaining exactly what SRM is.