Geoengineering is no place for corporate profit making (Guardian)
“Save the world and make a little cash on the side.” That’s the motto of Russ George, the colourful entrepreneur behind Planktos Science who wants to put geoengineering into practice now. George is convinced that by adding iron sulphate to the oceans, he can stimulate plankton blooms and so suck enough carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to offset human emissions from burning coal and oil.
In 2007, backed by a Canadian real estate developer, the Planktos ship set sail from San Francisco bound for the Galapagos Islands and loaded up with iron sulphate. George was going to make a killing by selling carbon offsets to whoever wanted them.
George believed, and told whoever asked, that ocean fertilization could become a $100bn business and hinted to journalist Jeff Goodell that America’s biggest coal-burning utility was interested in buying his carbon credits.
The venture soon collapsed, leaving a cloud of mistrust hanging over all research into iron fertilisation. Not long after Russ George set the regulatory alarm bells ringing, the London Convention, which regulates ocean dumping, and the Convention on Biological Diversity both passed resolutions banning iron fertilisation experiments except under restrictive conditions.
Rogue geoengineers like Russ George drive respectable researchers crazy, not to mention those business people who think there really are profits to be had from a plan B. On this question, last week’s report by the US National Research Council (NRC) stresses that carbon dioxide removal is expensive and limited by “technical immaturity”.
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http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/feb/17/geoengineering-is-no-place-for-corporate-profit-making
List Of Companies/Gov. Programs Engaged in Weather Modification in U.S.
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HAARP patent:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/26517997/Us-Patent-Harrp-5041834#fullscreen
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http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4686605.pdf
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4712155.pdf
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5038664.pdf
http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/list-of-companies-engaged-in-weather-modification/