Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation by Phoebe Wagner

Author:Phoebe Wagner [Wagner, Phoebe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General
Publisher: Upper Rubber Boot Books
Published: 2017-08-29T07:00:00+00:00

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We hope you are out there, and you are reading this message. We are broadcasting from 78°14′09″N 15°29′29″E, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. On this day 119 years ago, the Syrian civil war saw the bloody takeover of Aleppo. On this day 143 years ago, Heinrich Himmler bit into a cyanide pill a day before his scheduled interrogation for war crimes. And on this day 123 years ago, over 1,000 members of the Glorious Dawn cult, hastening their journey to a promised utopia, committed mass suicide by drinking cyanide-laced purple Kool-Aid.

At the slope of Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador, we maintain a base camp. Thankfully, it is still fully operational after all this time. A long time ago, it was built for a geoengineering project that aimed to regulate the earth’s climate by aerial spraying of aerosol. The aerosol droplets were believed to reduce ground solar radiation. By then, the geoengineering project was already too late in making any difference to the rising global temperature. The base camp has just sent its weekly readouts. As usual, atmospheric and ground readings are consistent with the projections of the Copenhagen Diagnosis. Microscopic extremophiles, the only signs of life, teem on the surface of rocks.

Are you still out there? Let us know.

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