Open Public Comment to SCoPEx Geoengineering Experiment

We, the undersigned, call upon Frank Keutsch and David Keith to seek open, public comment on their proposed Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx) scheduled to take place in the spring of 2019 in Southern California.

Stratospheric Aerosol Injections (SAIs) have been in use for several decades. The topic is extremely controversial and believed to be the cause of extreme weather events and serious health concerns.

It is no secret that these injections are poisoning the general population with high levels of neurotoxins, causing many of those directly affected to succumb to serious illnesses. Even more disconcerting is the overall impact on our planet. We are witnessing an alarming debilitation of critical ecosystems, without which life cannot be sustained on earth.

While we applaud Mr. Keutsch and Mr. Keith for seeking advice from an external advisory committee before moving ahead with SCoPEx, given the widespread effects and literal life and death nature of geoengineering experimentation, seeking comment only from an unidentified committee of advisors is simply not good enough.

Geoengineering affects all of us. We, therefore, respectfully ask Mr. Keutsch and Mr. Keith to seek open, public comment on their proposed SCoPEx project, including full disclosure of all constituents contained in the proposed aerosol and the exact location and scope of testing, for a period of at least three months prior to commencing the test. We further encourage Mr. Keutsch and Mr. Keith to remain objective and listen to any criticisms with the goal of working together to provide truly corrective solutions to climate change.

We are certain a great amount of energy and work has gone into this project. Recall, however, that J. Robert Oppenheimer is said to have stated (after the Trinity Explosion), “I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” We may start out with good intentions, but when it becomes plain that our course has taken a terribly wrong turn, it is imperative to place ego aside before it is too late.

We pray – for the sake of all of us – that all geo-engineering scientists find humanity within themselves and recognize the power they have to set us on a better course.

Signed -