Because
there has been so much discussion on the Internet, I can't ignore
this any more, so I am presenting two sides of the geoengineeing
debate - first a talk by Dane Wigington
on Climate
Engineering Weather Warfare, and the Collapse of Civilization; on
the other side a "debunking" of the theory by scientist,
David Suzuki.
I
do not believe for a moment that either one of these two gentlemen is
lying - they are simply seeing things through their own prism.
I
do take exception to this sort of 'debunking'. It would be better to
take people a little bit more seriously than Suzuki does and to
address, point-by-point their concerns.
There
are quite genuine reasons for concern - what about the sicknesses
that are arising and seem to coincide with high levels of aerosols
and aluminium, and what are those phenomena that sometimes crisscross
the sky, and what are those bizarre cloudforms that those of us that
have been around for a while know are not natural? Why are all
the trees dying?
He
comes with all the bias of a scientist who says, "I know because
I am a scientitst"
Yet
on the other hand, he is right about so much, such as
"endorsement
of a cluster of conspiracy theories ... predicts rejection of climate
science as well as the rejection of other scientific findings."
and
human-caused
climate change "provokes self-defensive biases" and its
politicization "fosters ideological polarization."
My
experience is certainly that people who follow chemtrails, HAARP,
weather wars etc. almost invariably are climate change deniers of one
sort or another. It seems to me that blaming "them" is a
great way of avoiding complexity, as well as uncertainty.
When
I started watching Mr. Wigington, I was initially quite impressed.
He
presented a lot of the material on just how dire the situation with
global warming is. He presented all the graphs and information we are
so familiar with. He correctly pointed out how this information is
being suppressed and is not supported by "mainstream science"
So
far, so good.
He
even evokes the Arctic Methane Emergency Group's maps to show the
increase of methane in the atmosphere.
But
then comes the logical jump.
This
is all due to geoengineering, he says.
He
shows weather maps showing the distortion of normal jet stream
movements and the temperature anomalies we are used to seeing here
just about every day.
He
says. "these are not natural movements of the Jet Stream".
That is because they are cooling the atmosphere and
distorting the Jet Stream.
He's
right - these are not "natural" movements of the Jet Stream
(ie. they are not the usual movement.
It's
a pity he didn't go a wee bit further into the Arctic Blog without
quoting them out of context - he would then have seen that the
strange behaviour of the Jet Stream is due something he appears to
have previously acknowledged (ie. global warming).
And
the evidence for that comes with a lot more weight and evidence.
It
is a common thing, I have found, with these sorts of "analysis'
they start with something at least connected with science or logic,
but then there comes the twist, or the jump, where conclusions are
made that don't follow from the original premise - and before we know
it we are talking about the Rothschilds and which organisitons they
own.
Don't
get me wrong.
I
don't reject the possibility that a program of this nature is going
on, and there certainly are questions to be answered.
I
don''t embrace "chemtrails" largely for these reasons:
- There does not appear to be any prima facie evidence of a program large enough to make the difference to the chemical makeup of the atmosphere, as CO2 and other greenhouse gasses (including aerosols)
- The whole obsession with chemtrails and HAARP is associated, one way or another with climate change denial and is often associated with reductionism, and with a lack of connection with nature
- It is a red-herring, and takes us away from the immediate issue of abrupt climate change that threatens to end life on earth.
To
the climate- change deniers - I know that there is no way on earth
that I am going to persuade you because your minds are already made
up and not easily swayed by facts or logical discourse.
These
are indeed very confusing times, so, I say, let's stick to the
knitting.
Seemorerocks
PS. I will freely admit that I only watched the first one-third of Dane Wigington's talk. I may go back and see if he pulls something a bit more convincing in the last third. If someone can clarify what Dane's qualifications are, I would be interested to know
Planet
Earth is under an all out weather warfare assault.
In this video,
Dane Wigington gives another presentation in Northern California on
the harmful effects of Geoengineering, declaring that there is
virtually NO NATURAL WEATHER due to the massive global climate
engineering.
The
very essentials needed to sustain life on earth are being recklessly
destroyed by these programs. This is not a topic that will begin to
affect us in several years, but is now already causing massive animal
and plant die off around the world, as well as human illness.
The
debate over whether geoengineering programs are going on is now a
moot point. We have more than enough data to confirm it.
We
have actual footage showing tankers spraying. The materials showing
up on the ground are exactly the same materials mentioned in the
numerous geoengineering patents and documents.
Visit
our website for a list of these government patents and
documents.
Our skies today are simply not normal. Upon
examination this cannot be denied. They are filled with
nanoparticulates of heavy metals.
But
the skies have been filled with grid patterns for so long now that we
are used to them and do not see them anymore. Sadly, the fact is that
people do not look up.
To be clear, what we are seeing is not
cloud seeding to increase rainfall.
These
particulates are designed to block the sun and move the jet stream.
Dane explains how this is causing the drought and deluge being
experienced around the globe.
Our
atmosphere is nothing but a massive physics lab to geoengineering
scientists who have no concern whatsoever about the consequences to
humanity or any living thing, including themselves. The experiments
are literally tearing the planet apart and destroying life on
earth.
Dane reports, among other things, on:
Dane reports, among other things, on:
•
Geoengineering
related climate disruptions, extreme drought and deluge
•
Ozone
depletion
• Methane release
• Methane release
•
Drastic
reduction in arctic sea ice
•
Global
oxygen content reductions
•
Oceans
on the brink of collapse
• Massive fish die offs
•
200
species becoming extinct every single day
•
A
drastic rise in Autism, Alzheimer's, and Dementia
•
Crisis
level forest reductions
•
The
sterilization of soils making it impossible for plants to grow
without Monsanto's aluminum resistant seeds
Dane
Wigington presents hard data which reveals what these catastrophic
programs have done to our planet to date and what they will do if
they are allowed to continue.
Please
take the time to watch this video, follow up with some investigation
of your own on our site -- http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org,
and share this information far and wide.
Thank
you,
GeoengineeringWatch
Staff
Conspiracies fuel climate
change denial and belief in
chemtrails
By
David Suzuki
with
contributions from Ian Hanington, Communications Manager
I'm
a scientist, so I look at credible science — and there is none for
the existence of chemtrails. They're condensation trails, formed when
hot, humid air from jet exhaust mixes with colder low-vapour-pressure
air
5
February, 2014
I
recently wrote about geoengineering as a strategy to deal with
climate change and carbon dioxide emissions. That drew comments from
people who confuse this scientific process with the unscientific
theory of 'chemtrails'. Some also claimed the column supported
geoengineering, which it didn't.
The
reaction got me wondering why some people believe in phenomena
rejected by science, like chemtrails, but deny real problems
demonstrated by massive amounts of scientific evidence, like climate
change.
Chemtrails
believers claim governments around the world are in cahoots with
secret organizations to seed the atmosphere with chemicals and
materials — aluminum salts, barium crystals, biological agents,
polymer fibres, etc. — for a range of nefarious purposes. These
include controlling weather for military purposes, poisoning people
for population or mind control and supporting secret weapons programs
based on the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or
HAARP.
Scientists
have tested and used cloud and atmospheric seeding for weather
modification and considered them as ways to slow global warming. With
so many unknowns and possible unintended consequences, these
practices have the potential to cause harm. But the chemtrails
conspiracy theory is much broader, positing that military and
commercial airlines are involved in constant massive daily spraying
that is harming the physical and mental health of citizens worldwide.
I
don't have space to get into the absurdities of belief in a plot that
would require worldwide collusion between governments, scientists and
airline company executives and pilots to amass and spray unimaginable
amounts of chemicals from altitudes of 10,000 metres or more. I'm a
scientist, so I look at credible science — and there is none for
the existence of chemtrails. They're condensation trails, formed when
hot, humid air from jet exhaust mixes with colder low-vapour-pressure
air. This, of course, comes with its own environmental problems.
But
what interests me is the connection between climate change denial and
belief in chemtrails. Why do so many people accept a theory for which
there is no scientific evidence while rejecting a serious and
potentially catastrophic phenomenon that can be easily observed and
for which overwhelming evidence has been building for decades?
To
begin, climate change denial and chemtrails theories are often
conspiracy-based. A study by researchers at the University of Western
Australia found "endorsement of a cluster of conspiracy theories
... predicts rejection of climate science as well as the rejection of
other scientific findings."
Many
deniers see climate change as a massive plot or hoax perpetrated by
the world's scientists and scientific institutions, governments, the
UN, environmentalists and sinister forces to create a socialist world
government or something.
Not
all go to such extremes. Some accept climate change is occurring but
deny humans are responsible. Still, it doesn't seem rational to deny
something so undeniable! In a Bloomberg article, author and Harvard
Law School professor Cass R. Sunstein points to three psychological
barriers to accepting climate change that may also help explain why
it's easier for people to believe in chemtrails: People look to
readily available examples when assessing danger, focus "on
risks or hazards that have an identifiable perpetrator", and pay
more attention to immediate threats than long-term ones.
Researchers
Ezra Markowitz and Azim Shariff of the University of Oregon
Psychology and Environmental Studies departments add a few more,
including that human-caused climate change "provokes
self-defensive biases" and its politicization "fosters
ideological polarization."
People
who subscribe to unbelievable conspiracy theories may feel helpless,
so they see themselves as victims of powerful forces — or as heroes
standing up to those forces. Whether it's to deny real problems or
promulgate imaginary ones, it helps reinforce a worldview that is
distrustful of governments, media, scientists and shadowy cabals
variously referred to as banksters, global elites, the Illuminati or
the New World Order.
The
problem is that science denial is, in the case of chemtrails, a wacky
distraction and, in the case of climate change denial, a barrier to
addressing an urgent, critical problem. Science is rarely 100 per
cent certain, but it's the best tool we have for coming to terms with
our actions and their consequences, and for finding solutions to
problems. The science is clear: human-caused climate change is the
most pressing threat to humanity, and we must work to resolve it. We
don't have time for debunked conspiracy theories.
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