What Happens When Geoengineers 'Hack The Planet'? (thebulletin.org)

Dan Drollette shares an article by an Oxford physics professor who's concerned about the popularity of radical new proposals to fight global warming. The Christian Science Monitor wonders if it's time to re-engineer our climate. MIT's Technology Review basically thinks the answer is "yes," having described it earlier as "cheap and easy." The Atlantic seems quite smitten with Economist writer Oliver Morton's vision of remaking the planet, which geoengineering booster Jane Long breathlessly called "geopoetry." The idea received recent coverage (much of it favorable) by New Scientist, NBC, and in TED talks; I myself have recently participated in an NPR panel discussion on the subject... But what has really catapulted the idea into the public eye is Harvard's reckless plan for a privately-funded field trial testing some of the key elements needed... Proceeding to field experimentation crosses a thin red line beyond which lies the slippery slope down to ever-larger field trials and ultimately deployment.
Harvard's experiment -- which is partially funded by Bill Gates -- is "subject to no governance save what Harvard chooses to impose upon itself," according to the article. The experiment involves "putting something in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back out into space," which the article warns will create "enduring" effects -- and require humanity to commit to maintaining the same atmospheric conditions forever.

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Makes sense now

[Anonymous Coward]

Now I see why the global warming lie has been created. It's an excuse for the rich to release toxic chemicals into the atmosphere and perform experiments on the masses. This sort of barbarism was typical of the early Cold War, when chemical and biological weapons would be tested on unsuspecting populations. The climate change lie has been created as an excuse for the rich to resume these experiments. It's time to expose climate change for the lie it is and to stop the rich people from once again treating the masses as expendable test subjects. It's time for the masses to denounce global warming for the lie it is and to seize the assets of the rich and the leftists who are complicit in promoting the lie. No doubt, my post will be censored to -1 by rich moderators with investments in the global warming lie. When my post ends up at -1, consider it evidence of the elites and leftists censoring anyone who dares oppose them. Democrats portray Republicans as promoting the interests of the rich, but really it's the Democrats who are responsible for oppressing the masses and protecting the 1%. You can be certain that the Democrats and the rich will be very angry that I've explained their scheme in my post, so it will quickly be censored to -1.