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Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts) Thu Jul 18, 2013, 07:58 PM Jul 2013

NBC: CIA said to back study on ways to hack the global climate

The U.S. intelligence community is helping to fund a study that is evaluating ways to cool the global climate, including proposals to pump the skies full of sunlight reflecting particles and build machines that vacuum greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

A final report is tentatively scheduled for release in the spring or summer of 2014 by the National Academy of Sciences, which has convened a committee of science and policy experts to study the issue.

"It is an assessment of the science — what do we know, what do we not know, what are the risks based on what we know and don't know right now," Lauren Rugani, a spokeswoman for the National Academy of Sciences, told NBC News.

"We are not conducting experiments, we are not producing original research, we are not developing any new technologies," she added.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/science/cia-said-back-study-ways-hack-global-climate-6C10680035

CIA Conduct experiments? Perish the thought.

Seriously, Geoengineering may become the next Casus belli unless there's a world wide agreement on the who, what, where and when.

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NBC: CIA said to back study on ways to hack the global climate (Original Post) Junkdrawer Jul 2013 OP

Deadly bird flu would be most helpful to climate change NoOneMan Jul 2013 #1

Expect to hear more and more about Geoengineering as the next IPCC report is readied... Junkdrawer Jul 2013 #2

Is there just anything mankind can't fix? NoOneMan Jul 2013 #3

The climate we'll live with for the next 20 years is based in what we did for the last 40 years.... Junkdrawer Jul 2013 #4

Why is the intelligence community funding this study? Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #5

Because survival of the government is the CIA's prime reason for existence. randome Jul 2013 #7

There's the cover story and then there's the "who gets the rains?" angle.... Junkdrawer Jul 2013 #9

Guise! GUISE! I have an idea! RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #6

omg...here we go with the Experiments to make Corporation Money! KoKo Jul 2013 #8

K&R. nt Mnemosyne Jul 2013 #10

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)

1. Deadly bird flu would be most helpful to climate change

Reply to Junkdrawer (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 08:00 PM

Jul 2013

But since thats not coming, let the sulfates fly I guess. Stopping our emissions is unthinkable

Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)

2. Expect to hear more and more about Geoengineering as the next IPCC report is readied...

Reply to NoOneMan (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 08:05 PM

Jul 2013

When Exxon's Rex Tillerson says "it's an engineering problem" you know what he means.

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)

3. Is there just anything mankind can't fix?

Reply to Junkdrawer (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 08:13 PM

Jul 2013

Wow, its just absolutely amazing what our 10K track record has yielded. Good thing we got this one covered too with---yes wait---more production. Just what we love doing!

Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)

4. The climate we'll live with for the next 20 years is based in what we did for the last 40 years....

Reply to NoOneMan (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 08:36 PM

Jul 2013

and THAT looks so grim that you KNOW some sort of Geoengineering will be tried.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=6hhL93BVU_E

I think most climate scientists sense it's coming. People hoped that we would at least try to seriously cut the carbon first.

Mojorabbit

(16,020 posts)

5. Why is the intelligence community funding this study?

Reply to Junkdrawer (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 09:02 PM

Jul 2013

Doesn't it seem to be out of it's realm?

randome

(34,845 posts)

7. Because survival of the government is the CIA's prime reason for existence.

Reply to Mojorabbit (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 09:05 PM

Jul 2013

At this point, I say more power to them.
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Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)

9. There's the cover story and then there's the "who gets the rains?" angle....

Reply to Mojorabbit (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 09:11 PM

Jul 2013

Cover story is that climate change will lead to international instability, so any mediation is in the national interest.

But the unspoken worry is that Geoengineering is real-world weather control and the CIA will want to be able to control and detect what other nations do.

RedCappedBandit

(5,514 posts)

6. Guise! GUISE! I have an idea!

Reply to Junkdrawer (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 09:04 PM

Jul 2013

Let's look into environmentally friendly energy sources and more frugal lifestyles!

Oh.. wait..

KoKo

(84,711 posts)

8. omg...here we go with the Experiments to make Corporation Money!

Reply to Junkdrawer (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 09:07 PM

Jul 2013

Thanks for the head up....I was wondering when they'd start experiments.

And...we actually don't know if they haven't already tried...(perish the thought). Even Good Intentions...can foul up. With this crew...I wouldn't be hopeful for good results even if the intentions are good since all of them seem to accept "Unsound Science" these days...including our Dems who seem to go whever the Repugs tell them to.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

10. K&R. nt

Reply to Junkdrawer (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 09:47 PM

Jul 2013

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