I doubt this patent will get approved, since there is plenty of prior art.
Indeed, at the behest of a private interest, I was party to a patent
application in 2009 which used diatamaceous earth among other aerosols and
specifically referred to controlling Arctic cooling with it. The full patent
Dr. Benson, et al.
I was typing out a response when you posted. First, giving Mr. Neff a fair
warning of your prior art can prevent him spending more money and give the
examiner cause for denial. Simply e-mail him with the proper links. The
issue of describes things that are obvious to those