#前時任CIA局長的一段公開講話

這段講話被陰謀論者引用指控前CIA局長John O. Brennan公開承認在搞平流層氣溶膠注入計劃(SAI)，我們來看看他原始談話是怎麼說的，以下是節錄譯文片段翻譯：

1⃣當 CIA 官員和他們的情報界同事努力保護我們的國家免受技術變革的陰暗面影響時，我們注意到從長遠來看，即使是有益的進步也會產生不穩定的影響。機構的所有來源分析師，從學術研究和不斷擴大的全球開源信息庫的其他元素中汲取經驗，力求向我們的國家領導人提供預警，提醒我們今天在各個領域跨越技術努力的光譜看到進步可能帶來的潛在挑戰。

正如前國防部長和中央情報局局長鮑勃蓋茨喜歡說的那樣，當情報人員聞到花香時，他們會四處尋找棺材。這仍然很好地描述了我們的情報心態。（笑聲。）

再舉一個生物技術和生命科學領域的例子，一系列可能延長預期壽命的突破，例如抗癌的新方法和對衰老過程的更深入了解，如何加強這一趨勢對發達國家的老年人口。世界上一些主要經濟體，甚至較小的經濟體，可能會面臨更大的阻力，因為退休人員和老年人的比例明顯高於工作適齡公民。

2⃣另一個例子是一系列技術，通常統稱為地球工程，它們可能有助於扭轉全球氣候變化的變暖效應。引起我個人注意的一個方法是平流層氣溶膠注入，或 SAI：一種向平流層播種粒子的方法，可以幫助反射太陽的熱量，就像火山爆發一樣。SAI 計劃可以限制全球溫度升高，減少與高溫相關的一些風險，並為世界經濟提供更多時間從化石燃料過渡。這個過程也相對便宜。國家研究委員會估計，全面部署的 SAI 計劃每年將耗資約 100 億美元。

3⃣儘管它可能很有希望，但在 SAI 上取得進展也會給我們的政府和國際社會帶來許多挑戰。在技​​術方面，溫室氣體減排仍必須與 SAI 一起解決其他氣候變化影響，例如海洋酸化，因為僅 SAI 無法從大氣中清除溫室氣體。在地緣政治方面，該技術有可能改變天氣模式並以犧牲其他地區為代價使世界某些地區受益，這可能會引發一些國家的強烈反對。其他人可能會利用 SAI 的好處而放棄他們對減少二氧化碳排放的承諾。與其他突破性技術一樣，缺乏全球規範和標準來指導 SAI 和其他地球工程計劃的部署和實施。

🔘只讀2⃣，感覺CIA要搞SAI。
🔘從1⃣讀下來，感覺CIA在評估世界上很多新技術對國家安全的影響。

是不是很不一樣呢？這就是斷章取義的效果，請自行判斷。


#Chemtrail 回目錄

前時任CIA局長John O. Brennan於2016年6月29日在Council Foreign Relations(美國外交關係協會)的一段公開講話原稿節錄：
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1⃣And as CIA officers and their intelligence community colleagues work hard to protect our country from the darker side of technological change, we are mindful of how even beneficial advances can have destabilizing effects in the long run. Agency all source analysts, drawing from academic studies and other elements of the ever-expanding pool of global open-source information, seek to offer our national leaders early warning of potential challenges that could arise from the advances we are seeing today across the spectrum of technological endeavors.

As former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Bob Gates is fond of saying, when intelligence officers smell flowers, they look around for a coffin. That remains a pretty good depiction of our intelligence mindset. (Laughter.)

One example, again, taking a page from the biotech and life sciences sectors, is how a wide range of breakthroughs that potentially could extend life expectancy, such as new methods of fighting cancer and a greater understanding of the aging process, could reinforce the trend toward older populations in advanced nations. Some of the world’s leading economies, and even the lesser economies, could face even stronger headwinds from having significantly larger proportions of retired people and older people relative to working-age citizens.

2⃣Another example is the array of technologies, often referred to collectively as geoengineering, that potentially could help reverse the warming effects of global climate change. One that has gained my personal attention is stratospheric aerosol injection, or SAI: a method of seeding the stratosphere with particles that can help reflect the sun’s heat in much the same way that volcanic eruptions do. An SAI program could limit global temperature increases, reducing some risks associated with higher temperatures, and providing the world economy additional time to transition from fossil fuels. This process is also relatively inexpensive. The National Research Council estimates that a fully deployed SAI program would cost about $10 billion yearly.

3⃣As promising as it may be, moving forward on SAI would also raise a number of challenges for our government and for the international community. On the technical side, greenhouse gas emission reductions would still have to accompany SAI to address other climate change effects, such as ocean acidification, because SAI alone would not remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. On the geopolitical side, the technology’s potential to alter weather patterns and benefit certain regions of the world at the expense of other regions could trigger sharp opposition by some nations. Others might seize on SAI’s benefits and back away from their commitment to carbon dioxide reductions. And as with other breakthrough technologies, global norms and standards are lacking to guide the deployment and implementation of SAI and other geoengineering initiatives.

🔘Council Foreign Relations影片連結

🔘Council Foreign Relations新聞稿連結

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#Contrail #Chemtrail