Show Notes
Hosts: Jeff Cunningham and Ryan Harris
Guest: N/A
Description: “Modern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side.” ~ E.F. Schumacher. Mankind has a fascination with attempting to control nature to fit our way of life, whether well-intentioned or not. It’s no different with the weather and climate. And with climate warming continuing to accelerate and 2023 likely to be one of the warmest in recorded human history, the die is cast for the grandest of human experiments, even arguably beyond nuclear weapons. This episode dives deep into the similar but different acts of weather modification and geoengineering. We define the terms, discuss examples of active weather modification, debunk chemtrails, talk about proposed geoengineering research, and cover the three biggest reasons why we should be worried about a geoengineered world. Who gets to decide when their part of the world is too dry, too wet, too hot? Just add a few chemicals to our atmosphere, Earth’s chemotherapy, to control the thermostat, right? What could go wrong? LISTEN HERE
References:
- Key Atlantic Ocean circulation could shut down by mid-century (Axios)
- Earth had its warmest June on record (NOAA)
- Turning down the thermostat: climate intervention using stratospheric aerosols (NCAR)
- Congressional Report on Solar Radiation Modification (White House)
- Reflecting Sunlight: Recommendations for Solar Geoengineering Research and Research Governance (National Academies)
- The Climate Architects: Issue #1 (The Triple Point™ Podcast)
- Weather Modification Project Reports (NOAA)
- Preparing the United States for security and governance in a geoengineering future (Brookings Institution)
- Around the Globe, Searing Heat With No Sign of Relief (The New York Times)
- Make it Rain (Kristine Harper)
- Termination Shock (Neal Stephenson)
- Ministry for the Future (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Chicken Disaster
(01:32)
Recent News: Hot Tub Water in the Keys and Faltering Ocean Circulation Patterns
(04:49)
Geoengineering: Like Chemotherapy for Earth...except worse
(09:06)
What does Joe Rogan have to do with Geoengineering?
(12:39)
Defining Weather Modification and Geoengineering
(17:33)
A Seed of Truth: Chemtrails and Contrails and the connection to Geoengineering
(23:42)
Three Major Concerns with Geoengineering
(35:33)
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