#geoengineering

[reality-detective]

Geo-engineering/Weather Modification 🤔

[probablyasocialecologist]

After 1989, the idea of breaking with the context of capitalism as it is was all but erased from the conceptual map. With the conclusive defeat of actually existing socialism, an “overwhelming heaviness” paralyzed the imagination, according to Enzo Traverso; the present order took on the guise of an immutable nature that is as hard to shake off as it would be to abolish the law of gravity—and “once capitalism is naturalized, to think of a different future becomes impossible.” Neoliberalism, according to Perry Anderson, “rules undivided across the globe: the most successful ideology in history.” This conjuncture is the indispensable setting for geoengineering. Indeed, it is hard to conceive of any other historical soil from which such a far-out prioritization could grow. Morton, for one, is aware of this: he knows of Fredric Jameson’s dictum “it has become easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism,” and he elects to embrace that condition. Subjectively and objectively, geoengineering is an extreme expression of a—perhaps the—paradox of capitalist modernity. The structures set up by people are perceived as immune to tinkering, but there is hardly any limit to how natural systems can be manipulated. The natural becomes plastic and contingent; the social becomes set in stone.

Andreas Malm, Planning the Planet: Geoengineering Our Way Out of and Back into a Planned Economy

[hope-for-the-planet]

How this ordinary rock could stop climate change - The Washington Post

From the article:

When rain pounds earth that contains the right mix of minerals, carbon dioxide in the air dissolves into the water and reacts to form new compounds that imprison carbon dioxide. With enough time, this natural process of literally petrifying the air will cleanse the atmosphere of the carbon dioxide pollution humanity has emitted from burning fossil fuels and other activities. The problem, though, is this natural cycle takes millennia. Kanan’s idea is to take a process that normally operates on geologic time — and speed it up. To do so, his team mixed together limestone with a crushed silicate mineral that contains magnesium — such as olivine, an olive-tinted mineral that can be found around the world. When heated to furiously high temperatures in a kiln, calcium in the limestone and magnesium in the silicate jiggle and switch sides, like participants in a square dance. The result of the chemical reaction is two compounds — magnesium oxide and calcium silicate — that both readily react with air and water to trap carbon dioxide in a matter of weeks. After accounting for emissions from heating the kilns and capturing carbon dioxide from burning limestone, each ton of material can remove one ton of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the researchers estimate. “We didn’t expect that it would work as well as it does,” said Yuxuan Chen, lead author of the study who worked in Kanan’s lab while getting his PhD, said in a statement.

[epitome-the-burnkid-viii]

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

Three U.S. States: Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee, have already passed legislation to outlaw geoengineering within their borders.

Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/government-corruption/geoengineering-its-real-toxic-taxpayer-funded-and-happening-without-informed-consent

#TheFreeThoughtProject

[amnhnyc]

The climate emergency demands bold and unconventional solutions, and geoengineering has emerged as a controversial yet potentially transformative approach.

In the 23rd Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, convenes leading experts to examine the latest advancements in geoengineering. Together, they will discuss the scientific, ethical, and policy considerations surrounding relevant technologies and large-scale interventions—and their role in shaping the future of our planet.

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Geoengineering Trials Must Consider Unintended Costs

As the implications of climate change grow more dire, interest in geoengineering--trying to technologically counter or mitigate climate change--grows. For example, some have suggested that barriers near tidewater glaciers could restrict the inflow of warmer water, potentially slowing the rate at which a glacier melts. But there are several problems with such plans, as researchers point out. (Research and image credit: M. Hopwood et al.; via Eos)

[awesomecooperlove]

GEOENGINEERING

WEATHER MODIFICATIONS

POISONING US AND OUR PLANET

WEATHER CONTROL