"Atmospheric scientist John Latham and engineer Stephen Salter hawked their idea of making marine clouds thicker and more reflective by whipping ocean water into a froth with giant pumps and eggbeaters. Most frightening was the science-fiction writer and astrophysicist Gregory Benford’s announcement that he wanted to “cut through red tape and demonstrate what could be done” by finding private sponsors for his plan to inject diatomaceous earth— the chalk like substance used in filtration systems and cat litter— into the Arctic stratosphere. He, like his fellow geoengineers, was largely silent on the possible unintended consequences of his plan."
“Mwanasayansi wa hali ya hewa John Latham na mhandisi Stephen Salter alitoa fikra yao ya kutengeneza mawingu baharini nene na vioo zaidi kwa kutumia maji ya bahari na mapampu kubwa. Iliyotishia sana ilikuwa mwandishi wa sayansi wa uongo Gregory Benford alitangaza ati anataka “ kukata katika urasimu wingi na kuonyesha kinacho weza kufanywa” na kupata wafadhili binafsi wa mpango wake kuingiza kemikali kwa dunia – iliyo kama chaki inayotumiwa kwa pahali pa kusafisha maji na kwa mapala – kwa hewa ya Arctic. Yeye kama wageuza hewa wenzake, alikuwa kimya kuhusu athari za huu mpango ambazo hazikupangiwa.”