http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-chameides/obama-takes-bold-step-to_b_5069973.html
Starts out reasonable to lure in the unspecting:
Starts out reasonable to lure in the unspecting:
But eventually reveals itself as an April Fools joke:
While not a mainstream science solution to a global fix, many scientists find the idea of geoengineering intriguing. Its supporters have argued that its inclusion in a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gives it legitimacy. Other scientists, along with most policy makers and activists like Al Gore, believe the risks of something going wrong far outweigh any potential benefits.
For example, injecting iron into the ocean might enhance the growth of phytoplankton, which would "gobble up carbon dioxide through photosynthesis," but such "fertilization" would come at the expense of creatures that make their shells out of calcium carbonate, and could potentially slow photosynthesis -- the exact opposite of what the geoengineering scheme had intended to do.
And just to be really clear:Key to the program were apparently specially designed flexible cords made out of nanofibers (basically high-tech bungee cords) and a personnel team from the Navy, Air Force, and U.S. Weather Service. Unwitting participants included: the airline industry and anyone who took a transcontinental flight this winter. NSA expert James Winkywinc explained that the program exemplified the spirit of military/civilian partnership even if the partnership was a secret to the public participants. Through a process that remains top secret, the Navy and Air Force tied one end of the bungee-like cords to commercial jets and the other to the jet stream and then used the jets' trajectory to pull that baby southward to form the polar vortex.
Unfortunately it is likely that many people will not realize this is a subtle joke, and will start sharing it on Facebook and Twitter, and it will become part of the chemtrail mythology.With the unqualified success of ACDC, there are rumors of a summertime geoengineering exercise: Phenological Revamping and other Natural Keys, or PRANK for short. We will be writing more about that one on April 1, 2015.