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tsurfer2000h
reply to post by MamaJ
Geo-engineering is real though and hopefully it isn't and won't back fire on the innocent who never even had a choice.
That is why geoengineering is not be done at this time in large scale, because they just don't know the consequences.
They have been observed for decades to persist and spread across the sky - and the reasons for this have been studied for decades as well. That's simple fact.
Geoeingeering is certainly something that has been proposed and some argue we should do it, or, at the least, seriously consider it - and undertake trials to see if, in fact, any of the many proposal might actually work (we don't know that they will). Many scientists disagree though, hence one of the reason it is not yet done. The other being cost .... (who will pay for it?)
That said, one could argue that driving cars with internal combustion engines is a form of geoengineering, given that one of the effects of doing so is to increase levels of atmospheric CO2 which in turn causes global warming. Do you drive a car? I don't. Nor do I fly.
How do you know for sure?
What makes you an expert in geo-engineering?
You say studies for decades have been going on about why contrails persist... can you link me to these studies?
Cloud seeding to enhance precipitation is not geoengineering. Cloud seeding to enhance precipitation does not affect climate.
Geo-engineering is being done. Have you researched this? I have linked you to a study in California.
Phage
reply to post by MamaJ
You say studies for decades have been going on about why contrails persist... can you link me to these studies?
Here you go.
scholar.google.com...
Cloud seeding to enhance precipitation is not geoengineering. Cloud seeding to enhance precipitation does not affect climate.
Geo-engineering is being done. Have you researched this? I have linked you to a study in California.
edit on 10/11/2013 by Phage because: (no reason given)
tsurfer2000h
reply to post by MamaJ
How do you know for sure?
What makes you an expert in geo-engineering?
www.bbc.co.uk...
www.climatecentral.org...
And I never claimed to be an expert.
“Weather manipulation through contrail formation … is in place and fully operational.”
No. The intent of geoengineering is to affect climate. The intent of weather modification is to affect precipitation on a local scale. It is done by targeting existing cumulus clouds. If you read what you post you would understand that.
Is geo-engineering the same as weather modification?
Nice combination there. A strawman argument based on proving a negative. Very logical of you.
If it makes rain then it enhances "weather". It is possible it also enhances "climate" or you are free to show me studies where the climate will 100% not be affected.
MamaJ
Geo-engineering is being done. Have you researched this? I have linked you to a study in California.
They ARE doing it though. Both driving cars AND manipulating weather.
Phage
reply to post by MamaJ
No. The intent of geoengineering is to affect climate. The intent of weather modification is to affect precipitation on a local scale. It is done by targeting existing cumulus clouds. If you read what you post you would understand that.
Is geo-engineering the same as weather modification?
Nice combination there. A strawman argument based on proving a negative. Very logical of you.
If it makes rain then it enhances "weather". It is possible it also enhances "climate" or you are free to show me studies where the climate will 100% not be affected.
edit on 10/11/2013 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Within the next three decades, the concept of weather-modification could expand to include
the ability to shape weather patterns by influencing their determining factors.
A proponent of what? Using weather in warfare? No, I'm not. But I'm not surprised that you would use an exercise in imagination as evidence of something.
you are a proponent of this I assume?
csat.au.af.mil...
This report contains fictional representations of future situations/scenarios. Any similarities to real people or
events, other than those specifically cited, are unintentional and are for purposes of illustration only
Trying to squeeze a bit of rain out of a cumulus cloud can have global consequences? Gosh.
The way I see it... they may be playing with this new toy and it backfire on a global scale.
Show me the US and China are not doing studies on geo-enginering/weather modification... They are.
tsurfer2000h
reply to post by Korg Trinity
You are correct, I certainly remember looking up at the sky as a child and being amazed at planes high overhead leaving contrails.... They didn't however cover the sky with a hazy cloud that persists and spreads to cover the whole sky. If they had I wouldn't look them now and feel them strange or odd and out of place.
waynos
reply to post by Korg Trinity
It seems Mr Thumpy has guided you to the limit of your understanding given this sudden lurch off topic in order to once again cast doubt on other members motives as a substitute for discussion.
Shame, I was following that line of questioning with interest.
So what if you remember planes not leaving spreading trails when you were a child? People, including me, continue to see exactly that every day. Doesn't mean it never happened, it is merely a comment on your own memory.
edit on 11-10-2013 by waynos because: (no reason given)
Phage
reply to post by MamaJ
You say studies for decades have been going on about why contrails persist... can you link me to these studies?
Here you go.
scholar.google.com...
Cloud seeding to enhance precipitation is not geoengineering. Cloud seeding to enhance precipitation does not affect climate.
Geo-engineering is being done. Have you researched this? I have linked you to a study in California.
edit on 10/11/2013 by Phage because: (no reason given)