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Sulfur dioxide: found in volcanic eruptions and contrails.

We know that sulfur dioxide in an ash cloud when spewed from an erupting volcano into the atmosphere cools, blocks the sun, absorbs heat and reduces air temperatures. A similar chemical reaction creates persistent aircraft condensation trails (Cirrus Homogenitus). The reaction is caused by the combustion of sulfur-laced jet fuel mixed with water vapor. Simply put, those persistent aircraft condensation trails in the sky are sulfur dioxide inspired man-made Cirrus clouds.

Spreading Contrails — Contrails expanding across the sky.

The climate effect of these fake clouds is subtle but similar to a volcanic eruption plume.

Sulfur dioxide triggers persistent condensation trails that expand across the sky, sucking moisture and humidity from the air as they spread out. The official FAA Contrail Fact Sheet states:

“They [contrails] do affect the cloudiness of the Earth’s atmosphere, however, and therefore might affect atmospheric temperature and climate.”

Which prompts the reasonable mind to ask if sulfur can be removed or reduced in jet fuel to stop the fake clouds? Well, yes it can.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have recently sponsored studies into ultra-low sulfur jet fuel standard (15ppm). Ground transportation and shipping have already been required to reduce sulfur emissions, which has cut atmospheric sulfur oxides (SOx). Currently, the sulfur content of aviation fuel has not been regulated, however, and has hits highs of 3000ppm. Although, the FAA believes that aviation fuel averages 600ppm in practice.

Jet A-1 — Commercial airline jet fuel contains 1000 ppm of sulfur.

So, if sulfur can be reduced so significantly from aviation fuel why don’t they do it?

The cost to remove the sulfur has a few layers. The process of desulfurizing jet fuel would increase fuel costs for the global aviation industry by around 2%. And, there is a CO₂emissions cost incurred by the process of desulfurizing the fuel. This would increase the burden of greenhouse gasses born by the world as a whole. Additionally, according to this 2012 article by Anthony King in Chemistry World,

“The study also pointed to climate downsides: desulfurizing fuel would reduce the formation of cooling sulfate particles, which currently offset some global warming.”

So, here are the facts:

Sulfur dioxide causes persistent condensation trails.
The sulfur content in aviation fuel is unregulated and hits highs of 3000ppm, but could be desulfurized to 15ppm.
Studies show that the DOWNSIDE to desulfurizing aviation fuel is a reduction in the cooling sulfate particles that create persistent contrails.
Today, aviation fuel remains unregulated and contains a high sulfur content which supports persistent condensation trails or man-made clouds.

TO RECAP: Sulfur dioxide in jet fuel causes persistent man-made cloud cover. Many agencies consider man-made clouds formed by dispersing sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere beneficial to reducing global warming.

Given these facts, one may conclude that persistent condensation trails are intentional. The fake clouds are triggered by a chemical agent (sulfur dioxide) deliberately dispersed via jet fuel for purposes unknown and undisclosed to the general public.

Contrails, by common definition and in effect, are chemtrails.

Clouds: how Mother Nature taught us to make them.

What do persistent contrails, chemtrails, and volcanic eruption plumes have in common? Sulfur dioxide. Sulfur is the key to cloud-making.

Volcanoes are Mother Nature’s answer to global warming and may be humanity’s as well. Sulfur dioxide is the active ingredient in atmospheric global cooling via volcanic eruption.

Volcanic Clouds caused Mt. Pinatubo Erupting 1991 — Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines 1991

So, Mother Nature did it first (and best). In researching this post, I discovered an excellent article on Motherboard by Brian Merchant in 2014. Merchant stated that “The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo blasted out 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide, leaving a slew of tiny particle clouds hovering in the sky. All those aerosols lingered in the atmosphere, where they bounced more sunlight back into space than usual, spurring global temperatures to fall by nearly an entire degree Fahrenheit in subsequent years.”

Planet-hacker, Dr. Ken Caldeira tried to disprove climate engineering but failed. It worked.

In Merchant’s article, he interviewed Dr. Ken Caldeira a respected atmospheric scientist who works for the Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University where Caldeira studies climate hacking to counteract global warming. Caldeira was quoted as saying:

“We know volcanoes cool the planet, we know it basically works. The studies show that not that much stuff can produce a dramatic cooling, that it just seems to be the most obvious thing with enough leverage. And also the masses of material involved are thought to be reasonable.”

What Caldeira means by that statement is that it wouldn’t be too difficult, or expensive to implement planet cooling via geoengineering with materials similar to those found in a volcanic eruption, minus the really toxic stuff like mercury. During Merchant’s 2014 interview, Caldeira speculates:

“My impression has been that if there was a demand to start putting something up in the next couple of years, that it wouldn’t be too much to build a fleet of airplanes and just start doing it.”

Thus would begin the cycle and responsibility of man-made weather. To Caldeira, like many atmospheric scientists, the notion of controlling the climate by man-made means is something that we should clearly avoid, but he reluctantly acknowledges that these measures may be necessary to sustain life on earth.

Making fake clouds, the solution to global warming?

In his 2007 TED Talk A Critical Look at GeoEngineering Against Climate Change, David Keith, Professor of Applied Physics in Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences agrees with Caldeira’s assertion. Keith agrees that this geoengineering idea could solve the problem of rising global temperatures. Keith states “The solution in it’s simplest form would work like this: you could put sulfuric acid particles, sulfates, into the upper atmosphere where they would reflect away sunlight and cool the planet. He states that he’s certain that this would work because it’s been done before. Not by us, but by nature…volcanoes.”

Both Caldeira and Keith, like many atmospheric scientists, agree that the action of controlling the climate by man-made means is something that we should avoid. But they reluctantly acknowledge that these measures may become necessary to sustain human life on earth.

Making fake clouds. — Have they already started?

From the looks of our strange, cloudy skies, these measures might have already begun. If your car made an emission trail like that, you’d be fined, or arrested. Why can’t we clean up our skies? Read on…

Clouds: where have the angels and elephants gone?

I remember as a kid in the 60’s, laying on the lawn with friends and peering up at the sky at cloud formations. The game was to find clouds that resembled the shapes of familiar things like elephants, boats or angels in the puffy white friendly formations above. But today, if I played the cloud game with my grandkids, it would more likely be tic-tac-toe or some other grid game. Where have the angels and elephants gone?

Cirrus Homogenitus or man-made (fake) clouds

Merely asking this question raises eyebrows of concern over one’s mental state. “Has she become one of those conspiracy theorists?” My friends and family wonder about my mental health as the skies above us cast shadows upon our day. When searching the topic of jet emissions, a broad spectrum of articles appear. The explanations range from a benign phenomenon created by ice crystals formed in the condensation of jet exhaust to more sinister government plots of population control.

Despite my family’s skeptical whispers, I consider myself a rational person. I would much rather dismiss the issue as a benign occurrence and focus on more uplifting things. But, the obvious cannot be ignored. I have questions. I’m sure that you do too. If you don’t, you really should.

Contrail vs Chemtrail

First, let’s begin with the terms.

Contrails: Defined as a trail of condensed water from an aircraft or rocket at high altitude, seen as a white streak against the sky.
Chemtrail: The term commonly used for contrails-with-a-twist. The twist being the intentional application of chemical agents dispersed as an aerosol in jet exhaust. Or even darker…as an aerosol spray… from special airplanes.

Wikipedia states that there is a visible difference between chemtrails and contrails. Contrails dissipate in a few minutes and chemtrails persist for hours. However, according to the World Meteorological Organization, the proper term for a persistent airplane vapor trail is Cirrus Homogenitus . Also referred to as persistent clouds developed by human activity (fake clouds). Seriously, from my experience, if something in this world is given a Latin name, it must be legit.

Why do fake clouds form?

The quick answer is that contrails form when water vapor condenses and freezes around small particles or aerosols in the exhaust of an aircraft. Really, a better question might be: what are the small particles? The answer to this question is where the contrail takes a turn into chemtrail territory. The simple truth is that every condensation trail has a chemical profile. The profile is made of the components in the jet fuel, water and the chemical compounds created by combustion, temperature, and humidity.

So, what is that cloud-making particle?

In a study of jet aircraft emission particulates conducted by NASA in 2014, the most substantial chemical elements of soot created by jet exhaust are (N) nitrogen, (S) sulfur and (Na) sodium. According to NASA’s study, sulfur is the nucleic core of condensation particles. Additionally, this plain English webpage managed by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services confirms that the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil which contain sulfur) produces sulfur dioxide, the gas at the core of condensation trails.

So, what does this mean?

Well, this means that sulfuric gases are necessary for the formation of contrails, chemtrails, Cirrus Homogenitus or whichever name fits with your interests. The higher the sulfur content, the more cloud-making particles there are. And, more particles mean a more robust and persistent the plume of fake clouds at a cruising altitude of 25,000 feet.

Persistent Contrails — Where was this jet going?

What this means to you: dimmer days with fewer puffy white angels and elephants floating across a blue sky.

Read more about how Mother Nature taught us how to create persistent condensation trails.

Glyphosate “GLY” Danger – Nothing to See Here?

After starting my research on the potential impacts of the weed killer, glyphosate (“GLY”) as found in Roundup® and others, on bees, and then, dogs, I ran across some interesting test results that hit a little closer to home. Moms Across America ⁽¹⁾ (“MAA”) and Sustainable Pulse⁽²⁾ (“SP”) started looking at the amount of GLY in breast milk, urine and water according to a report posted in April 2014. MAA is a non-profit organization “seeking to raise awareness about GMOs and related pesticides in our food.” SP is “owned and maintained by a group of concerned citizens and scientists.”

Perfect. I am concerned about being aware.

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