The hangar, built by the Navy in 1932, is now both a historic site and a Superfund site, since it has been discovered that its “galbestos” siding is leaching PCBs into the drains. As I reflected on the fate of the Navy dirigible program, the geoengineers around the table were confidently and enthusiastically promoting techniques of climate intervention that were more than several steps beyond what might be called state of the art, with implications not simply for a handful of airship crewmen but for every one of the 6.5 billion inhabitants of the planet.
Hiyo banda la ndege, ilitenegeneza na jeshi la maji kwa 1932, ni saa hii pahali pa historia na pahali pa mafadhili kwasababu ati galbestos zake zinamwaga PCBs kwa bomba la kutoa maji. Nilipofikiria juu ya hii programu, wageuza hewa kwa meza walikuwa wanatetea kwa shauku mbinu za kugeuza hali ya hewa ambazo zilipita kwa wingi zile kuu za serikali, na athari di kwa wale kwa ndege peke lakini kwa kila mtu aliye kwa dunia.