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China Is Building a Rain-Making System Three Times as Big as Spain

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Re: China Is Building a Rain-Making System Three Times as Big as Spain

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Post by orf »

speeq wrote: post #60

This is total conspiracy theory stuff and I'll probably get downvoted into oblivion but has anyone else in London found it really strange on how on the day of the Brexit referendum - we had these sudden overnight thunderstorms which resulted in many roads being flooded, polling stations being inaccessible and huge delays / suspensions of the Tube? Just a coincidence and bad luck? * http://uk.businessinsider.com/polls…

I reckon there are far cheaper ways to influence the vote than that. Like sticking a big whopping lie on the side of a bus and parading it around as truth, then admitting it's a lie 30 minutes after the results

Re: China Is Building a Rain-Making System Three Times as Big as Spain

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Post by baxtr »

speeq wrote: post #60

This is total conspiracy theory stuff and I'll probably get downvoted into oblivion but has anyone else in London found it really strange on how on the day of the Brexit referendum - we had these sudden overnight thunderstorms which resulted in many roads being flooded, polling stations being inaccessible and huge delays / suspensions of the Tube? Just a coincidence and bad luck? * http://uk.businessinsider.com/polls…

Rain coming down over London is really strange and noteworthy.

Re: China Is Building a Rain-Making System Three Times as Big as Spain

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Post by speeq »

baxtr wrote: post #62
speeq wrote: post #60

This is total conspiracy theory stuff and I'll probably get downvoted into oblivion but has anyone else in London found it really strange on how on the day of the Brexit referendum - we had these sudden overnight thunderstorms which resulted in many roads being flooded, polling stations being inaccessible and huge delays / suspensions of the Tube? Just a coincidence and bad luck? * http://uk.businessinsider.com/polls…

Rain coming down over London is really strange and noteworthy.

> The issues were caused after the South East was struck by a massive thunderstorm, which saw a month's worth of rain fall in an hour, in the early hours of EU referendum day.

I've lived in London for a while, it was definitely not your usual bit of rain.

Re: China Is Building a Rain-Making System Three Times as Big as Spain

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Post by furyg3 »

panic wrote: post #22

Googling around a bit, there seems to be a long history of weather-modification news coming out of China. In 2008, according to the Beijing Weather Modification Office, China used rockets to make sure the Olympic opening ceremony was rain-free: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/how-beijing-use... In 2013, China was producing "55 billion tons of artificial rain a year" according to the China Meteorological…

> To me, all this rain-making news out of China seems like either propaganda

It's easier to organize a very public and sophisticated rain dance than it is to properly manage water resources at scale.

Re: China Is Building a Rain-Making System Three Times as Big as Spain

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Post by kilotaras »

rattray wrote: post #43
murukesh_s wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not only China, but which large country cares about larger environmental impact? Looking at the weapons the big countries are still building (man made floods, tornadoes etc) I don't think it's fair to target China alone.

> which large country cares about larger environmental impact? Germany and Japan come to mind.

Germany closed down their nuclear plants due to FUD.

Now they are using renewables to replace it instead of replacing fossils which does very little for actual greenhouse emissions. [1]

[1] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-c...

Re: China Is Building a Rain-Making System Three Times as Big as Spain

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Post by dang »

trisimix wrote: post #66

steals tibet fucks it up with silver iodide

Please don't do internet tropes here. They're bad for discussion quality. On HN the idea is to (a) have a substantive point to make and (b) make it thoughtfully.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Post by ShorsHammer »

lboc wrote: post #51
rattray wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> which large country cares about larger environmental impact? Germany and Japan come to mind.

Not sure about Japan tbh.

> in fiscal year (FY) 2015, 85% of electricity generated in Japan was from fossil fuels

https://leadersinenergy.org/lng-japan/

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Post by CompelTechnic »

joering2 wrote: post #52
product50 wrote: post #15

In other news, in San Francisco, the NIMBYs won an agitation to prevent a 4 school building from being constructed. I am kidding..maybe. In all honestly, I think the time for US to create large scale construction projects that serve humanity (at the expense of environment) are over. We are lucky that the interstates got build in 1950s, that the NYC Subway was formed in late 19th century etc. Today, the regulations an…

Absolutely, +1. And that bridge collapse in Miami. God bless those poor souls but that bridge cost 14 million dollars!!! Yes! 740 feet of concrete at the expense of $14MM, now moved to garbage yard. Then add the most expensive mile in history (New York suway - one, cool, billion, dollars, for, one mile) and no wonder our infrastructure is in such poor state ;(

I think that the $14 million for that bridge was a reasonable cost (assuming it was a functioning bridge).

Re: China Is Building a Rain-Making System Three Times as Big as Spain

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Post by spiderfarmer »

tomcooks wrote: post #45
product50 wrote: post #15

In other news, in San Francisco, the NIMBYs won an agitation to prevent a 4 school building from being constructed. I am kidding..maybe. In all honestly, I think the time for US to create large scale construction projects that serve humanity (at the expense of environment) are over. We are lucky that the interstates got build in 1950s, that the NYC Subway was formed in late 19th century etc. Today, the regulations an…

Not an engineer but, if your infrastructure is that old first of all I'd focus on maintenance, rather than having dick measuring contests with countries that have questionable attitudes towards pollution, safety and nature.

The condition of the roads and infrastructure in a large part of the US is very, very bad when compared to countries like the Netherlands. It’s like the US is a superpower with third world infrastructure.
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