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Bill Gates chucks cash at climate cooling cloud creator
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| 11th May 2010 06:02 GMT
| Rik Myslewski in San Francisco
Posted on 05/11/2010 7:49:38 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: steelyourfaith; NormsRevenge; Fred Nerks; blam; SunkenCiv; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; BOBTHENAILER; ..
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Good thing there’s no such thing as “unintended consequences” or this would frighten me.
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:52:12 AM PDT
by
AbeKrieger
(If you believe in manmade global warming, you lack the gift of reason.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Will children be allowed to play in these giant sprinklers?
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:52:32 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Hey, Bill, you should have been named dick, f’n dick!
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:53:26 AM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Some day people will laugh about this crazy “science” the way we do when we see pictures of people strapping “wings” to their arms and leaping off a cliff in an attempt to fly.
To: norraad
Leave the ‘erf alone, better yet, just leave.
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:54:17 AM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
So how much energy will these ships use propelling themselves across the ocean and a constant stream of sea water 1 km in to the air?
Or will it all be done with “magic”?
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:54:39 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Malone LaVeigh; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Pi$$ing in the wind!I like it.
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:54:52 AM PDT
by
BOBTHENAILER
(EPA will rule your life)
To: AbeKrieger
Yes.
I mean, what could POSSIBLY go wrong?
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:55:20 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Are they powered by coal?
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:55:21 AM PDT
by
mbynack
(Retired USAF SMSgt)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I guess he didn’t get the memo.
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:56:03 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Which proves that yes, even Bill Gates can have more money than sense...
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:56:17 AM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Obie Wan Nairobi from the 1/2 dark side. The farce with this one strong, it is...)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Unbelieveable. I believe these quacks are going to actually create a climate disaster someday with their crackpot science. Ugh.
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:56:50 AM PDT
by
justsaynomore
(The Hermantor - 2012 - www.hermancain.com)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Well, he certainly has the cash to chuck, don’t he??
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:56:53 AM PDT
by
Logic n' Reason
(Buzzard's gotta eat; same as worms.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
“A fool and his money are soon parted.”
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:57:16 AM PDT
by
Logic n' Reason
(Buzzard's gotta eat; same as worms.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It sucks, and it blows. Wouldn’t expect less from ol’ Bill.
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:57:38 AM PDT
by
loungitude
( The truth hurts.)
To: All
From the Times Online:
Bill Gates pays for artificial clouds to beat greenhouse gases
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Bill Gates, the Microsoft billionaire, is funding research into machines to suck up ten tonnes of seawater every second and spray it upwards. This would seed vast banks of white clouds to reflect the Suns rays away from Earth.
The British and American scientists involved do not intend to wait for international rules on technology that deliberately alters the climate.
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Other types of geoengineering, such as mimicking volcanoes by using aircraft to spray reflective sulphate particles in the stratosphere, would have much longer effects on weather patterns.
Stephen Salter, Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design at the University of Edinburgh, said that there was no need to wait for regulations because the trials would not add chemicals to the atmosphere. But Sir David King, former chief scientific adviser to the Government, said that experiments with potential consequences beyond national borders needed international regulations. He told The Times: I do not see any geoengineering solution which does not have unintended consequences or is not far too expensive.
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And from the comments:
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paul clark wrote:
If this works why does Bill Gates advocate a CO2 tax? Anyway, this cloud seeding is just a gesture. He doesn't really care about a technological solution because Bill Gates has already identified people as the "real problem" on this Earth. If you go to this video:
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html
at 4:44 he discusses a role for vaccinations in population reduction: If we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower [global population] by perhaps 10 or 15 per cent.
Of course, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is one the largest providers of vaccination programs in the third world, so the implications are chilling.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I bet Larry Ellison (of Oracle) already has one. He likes ships and boats.
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posted on
05/11/2010 7:58:48 AM PDT
by
Frantzie
(McCain=Obama's friend. McCain/Graham = La Raza's Senators & Estefan-Rubio)
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http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html
at 4:44 he discusses a role for vaccinations in population reduction: If we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower [global population] by perhaps 10 or 15 per cent.
Of course, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is one the largest providers of vaccination programs in the third world, so the implications are chilling.