The Effects of Geo-engineering: Environmental, Heath and Agricultural Hazards.
By James Douglas
March 16, 2011
Geo-engineering is the new proposed technique of eliminating gas emissions by spraying billions of tons of aerosol products made up of 0.1 to 1 micrometer in diameter particles consisting of sulfates.
Sulfates include sulfur dioxide or SO2, dim-ethyl sulfide C2H6S, carbonyl sulfide COS and hydrogen sulfide H2S aka arsenic. SO2 when combined with water forms aqueous sulfuric acid or H2SO4.
Carbonyl sulfide is “ the largest man-made sources of carbonyl sulfide release include its primary use as a chemical intermediate and as a byproduct of carbon disulphide production; however, it is also released from automobiles, coal-fired power plants, biomass combustion, fish processing, combustion of refuse and plastics, petroleum manufacture, and manufacture of synthetic fibers, starch and rubber. Carbonyl sulfide is used as an intermediate in the production of herbicides.
Carbonyl sulfide is a potential alternative fumigant to methyl bromide and phosphine. In some cases, however, residues on the grain result in flavors that are unacceptable to consumers, such as barley, which is used for brewing. The atmospheric half-life for carbonyl sulfide has been estimated at about two years. Non-lethal, inhalation exposure to carbonyl sulfide causes giddiness, headache, vertigo, amnesia, confusion, and unconsciousness. This chemical is considered a high level pollutant to the EPA, so why is it allowed to be dispersed in Geo-engineering sprays? (EPA)
Forty to ninety percent of SO2 is inhaled. The liquid is formed into a vapor and condenses into particles of solid matter. It can be dispersed via F15 fighter jets or military planes equipped with aerosol tanks.
Troposphere sulfur aerosols will only stay in the stratosphere for a few weeks or months. Distributing the aerosols globally posses a challenge because a network of delivery points must be created from a small number of distribution sites.
Geo-scale engineering projects were conducted by both the U.S. and the Soviet Union between 1958 and 1962. However, these projects had nothing to do with countering climate change, instead it‘s purpose was military. Starting with the U.S.'s 1958 Argus A-bomb explosions in space and ending with the Soviet Union’s 1962 Starfish Prime H-bomb test.
Project Argus was a top-secret military test aimed at detonating atomic bombs in space to generate an artificial radiation belt, disrupt the near-space environment, and possibly intercept enemy missiles. It and the latter tests conducted by both the U.S. and the Soviet Union, peaked with H-bomb detonations in space in 1962 which created an artificial electromagnetic radiation belt that persisted for 10 years. This is geo-engineering.
Can geo-engineering save the world from climate change?