Topic: Calcium Carbonate

The head of Austin Water, Greg Meszaros, resigns following a city-wide boil water notice caused by an operational error. Workers added too much calcium carbonate to a treatment basin, clouding the water and forcing businesses to close.

U.S. scientists are launching a major solar geoengineering study involving the dispersal of calcium carbonate and potentially aluminum oxide or diamonds into the stratosphere. The hosts link this to "chemtrail" theories and the plot of the science fiction film *Snowpiercer*. The movie depicts a global ice age caused by failed climate engineering attempts.