Officials Want to Wire Earth, Check Signs

[truthpusher]

Officials Want to Wire Earth, Check Signs
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13 minutes ago
By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer
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WASHINGTON - Imagine the planet wired for a nearly continuous readout on its vital signs, shared by all. That's the essence of a White House plan announced Monday.

The new "Strategic Plan for the U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System" envisions linking nearly 60 nations within a decade to gather and share information from satellites, ocean buoys, weather stations and other surface and airborne instruments.

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Many of the measurements already are being gathered. The new effort will focus on linking them in what Marburger called a planetary "system of systems." He released a 150-page plan that cites benefits such as improved weather forecasting and climate modeling, better estimates of crop yields and energy resources, and more knowledge about air and water quality.

As an examples of benefits, officials said better and shared data could save the United States as much as $1 billion in electricity costs each year if winter forecasts prove to be just 1 degree more accurate. As much as $1.7 billion of the annual $4 billion cost of weather-related aviation delays could be saved with better information, they added.

story: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&u=/ap/20050419/ap_on_sc/observing_earth_3&printer=1

[cap]

1. a boondogle

go look up mission to planet earth.... \\\

nice idea but nasa couldnt do it never mind 60 nations...

Great idea though

[punpirate]

2. Ordinarily...

... I would think this might be a good use of resources, if information was freely shared among host countries.

But, doggonit, somewhere in this I smell the slightly fetid interests of DARPA and the military.

[Orsino]

3. Yep. Boondoggle.

...as the US has shown itself eager to ignore data it doesn't like.

[stillcool]

4. Reminds me of something.....

arming space? Controlling the skies? Star Wars?

[ltfranklin]

5. Amazing...

All that just to find out I'm an Aquarian!

[Deb]

6. Sounds like Al Gore's Triana project

on steroids. I remember how they laughed that project off at the time.

[lovuian]

7. Some people believe that the Earth is a Living Organism!!!

and we are killing it!!!

thus the Vital signs!!!

[Trillo]

8. When I read the first paragraph, I thought they were talking about

the Princeton EGG. Knowing what I do about how hierarchical political systems work, and the propaganda the public's subjected to, I'm not sure they're not.

Why not wire the earth and it's surrounding space in such a way that the quantum flux is manipulated giving humans a false superconsciousness?

[mike_c]

9. skynet-- I'm telling ya...

...they won't stop until the terminators rule the world....



on edit: actually, I think the OP is a cool idea, but the skynet analogy was just too good to pass up.

[GarySeven]

10. Will we be able to pull Earth's feeding tube ...

if Republican rule becomes permanent? That would be an indicator of brain death.

[daleo]

11. Yet they don't believe global warming is a problem.

There seems to be a disconnect.

[Voltaire99]

12. To do things like this, you can't have already alienated the world...

When most of mankind is certain you're a mass murderer who probably wasn't even elected, it does tend to complicate global cooperation.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

13. s.517-Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization

(Either this is out of genuine concern over global warming or it is more DARPA bullshit to weaponize every fucking thing they can and use the pretext of 'environmentalism' for cover.)



http://www.theorator.com/bills109/s517.html

109th CONGRESS
1st Session

S. 517

To establish the Weather Modification Operations and Research Board, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 3, 2005

Mrs. HUTCHISON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To establish the Weather Modification Operations and Research Board, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2005'.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

It is the purpose of this Act to develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated national weather modification policy and a national cooperative Federal and State program of weather modification research and development.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) BOARD- The term `Board' means the Weather Modification Advisory and Research Board.

(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR- The term `Executive Director' means the Executive Director of the Weather Modification Advisory and Research Board.

(3) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT- The term `research and development' means theoretical analysis, exploration, experimentation, and the extension of investigative findings and theories of scientific or technical nature into practical application for experimental and demonstration purposes, including the experimental production and testing of models, devices, equipment, materials, and processes.

(4) WEATHER MODIFICATION- The term `weather modification' means changing or controlling, or attempting to change or control, by artificial methods the natural development of atmospheric cloud forms or precipitation forms which occur in the troposphere.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

14. Great way to test and track bioweapons, too. Fuck DARPA....n/t

http://www.darpa.mil/spo/programs/auo.htm?area=3
(DARPA Special Projects Office)