Re: [geo] Re: CIA Backs $630,000 Study Into How To Control The Weather

2013-07-18 Thread Ken Caldeira
Below is another report on this panel. By the way, info on the panel is available here: http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=49540 Its membership is listed here: http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/CommitteeView.aspx?key=49540 A link to National Academy's report generation

Re: [geo] Re: CIA Backs $630,000 Study Into How To Control The Weather

2013-07-18 Thread Andrew Lockley
It's exactly the same PR perception as the ill fated spice project managed the to create. The men in grey suits and white coats are conspiring to do things to us we wouldn't approve of. A On Jul 18, 2013 9:26 AM, "Mike MacCracken" wrote: > The information appears to indicate that the study is b

Re: [geo] Re: CIA Backs $630,000 Study Into How To Control The Weather

2013-07-18 Thread Mike MacCracken
The information appears to indicate that the study is being undertaken by the Board of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences. So, this is a public study and members of panel have been announced, etc. and will all be as transparent as Academy

Re: [geo] Re: CIA Backs $630,000 Study Into How To Control The Weather

2013-07-17 Thread Mick West
The media reports seem rather sensationalistic, as if the CIA were to be using weather control for some kind of weapon. Really it's just part of their normal geopolitical analysis. They have been engaged for a while, and had a "Center on Climate Change and National Security ", which was only open f

[geo] Re: CIA Backs $630,000 Study Into How To Control The Weather

2013-07-17 Thread Jim Lee
So much for transparency? Will geoengineering become "national security" and thus hidden under "classified" stamps? Has any member of this group been approached by the CIA or NAS, or are you "not at liberty to say" I have been hopeful that this community would embrace open discussion, and sin