Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites
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Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites
#2Has this ever been proven to actually work?
Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites
#3Has this ever been proven to actually work?
No, and explanations on how it could work are implausible.
Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites
#4Discussion from last week https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45871043
Iran is in a bad predicament. Largely self inflicted but that in no way diminishes from the horror of a looming humanitarian disaster.
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#6Earlier today I watched a video[0] that helped contextualize the water situation in Iran. The key takeaway for me was that Iran has been rapidly depleting their water reserves and they don't have any ways to quickly refill them, nor do they have treaties with neighboring countries to guarantee water. That video doesn't mention cloud seeding at all.
How should we think about cloud seeding? Does this technology actually move the needle at all on Iran's water needs or is this just some dubious marketing campaign?
Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites
#7Earlier today I watched a video[0] that helped contextualize the water situation in Iran. The key takeaway for me was that Iran has been rapidly depleting their water reserves and they don't have any ways to quickly refill them, nor do they have treaties with neighboring countries to guarantee water. That video doesn't mention cloud seeding at all. How should we think about cloud seeding? Does this technology actuall…
I assume marketing. I’m wondering what will happen when they force the afghan refugees back over the border into Afghanistan since they don’t have the water to give them.
Climate change and bad decisions from the last 50 years are starting to bite now. It’ll just get worse. Expect migrations and countries collapsing as millions of people are pushed to migrate for survival.
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#8Has this ever been proven to actually work?
No, and explanations on how it could work are implausible.
Dubai has an entire active operation. It looks like it does work, but how well is debated. Seems to have enough of an impact (correlation or causation) that they haven't shut it down yet.
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#9Has this ever been proven to actually work?
It works to e.g. prompt hail to fall outside of cities rather than directly onto cities.
Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites
#10"Cloud seeding involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt into clouds from aircraft to trigger rain." So... chemtrails?