Biden’s Weather Manipulation Legacy Continues

Geoengineering: The Science Fiction Becoming Reality

It sounds like something out of science fiction. Blocking sunlight from reaching the earth, creating rain, and altering a hurricane are concepts usually associated with movie villain stereotypes. But this is exactly what the U.S. government has invested millions of dollars into for decades, including this year.

But the United States isn’t alone. Due to ongoing climate concerns, renewed interest in geoengineering has taken countries by storm. Global governments—including China—have officially jumped on the geoengineering or “climate intervention” bandwagon.

The Two Main Types of Geoengineering

Within the realm of geoengineering, there are two main types: solar radiation management and carbon removal. Weather manipulation, like cloud seeding, also falls under this umbrella. Cloud seeding is used to manufacture or alter rainfall, snow, or even entire storms.

• Solar radiation management: aims to deflect sunlight back into space using stratospheric aerosols.
• Carbon removal: aims to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it elsewhere.

Cloud Seeding in Western States

In March, the Southern Nevada Water Authority was given a $2.4 million government grant to enhance cloud seeding in Western states, including Colorado River reservoirs. “This money from reclamation is wonderful. We just have to decide how exactly it’s going to benefit us,” Andrew Rickert, cloud seeding coordinator for the Colorado Water Conservation Board, told reporters.

This followed on the heels of last year’s White House announcement of the funding of a five-year study on climate modification and geoengineering.

The Risks of Geoengineering

But not everyone is excited over the renewed interest in climate manipulation. Security analysts and scientists are sounding alarm bells over the geopolitical and environmental implications.

Unknown Consequences “Just because people do it, doesn’t mean it works,” Dr. Alan Robock told The Epoch Times.

Robock is a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University. He doesn’t think geoengineering or “climate intervention” is advanced enough to make a significant impact, for better or worse. He also stressed that more research—a lot more—is needed before any real progress can be made.

In a May 2022 risk analysis study of geoengineering, researchers concluded there was no risk-free scenario with any “climate intervention” methods.

Possible environmental consequences aside, there’s a security angle to consider. More advanced methods of weather manipulation will soon, if not already, be at the fingertips of global governments. It has raised ethical usage concerns for many.

Among the unsettling implications, Robock noted societal disruption, conflicts between nations, and breaches of international treaties as possible outcomes.

He also posed an important question: Whose hand will be on the thermostat?