Will Geoengineering be Used to Help Avert an Oroville Dam Disaster?

Oroville Dam in California has a major problem with a possible failure due to an unseasonable amount of rain and damage to it’s emergency spillway. Evacuations have been ordered for effected counties. The potential for major damage and loss of life exists if the area receives more heavy rain. This an emergency that geoengineering can help alleviate in the short term. Pros and cons of this technology set aside to get to the deeper question.

Why isn’t this decades old technology being used to save lives or avert disaster?

The answer may be obvious. This would call public attention to ongoing geoengineering …read more