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Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites

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Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites

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Post by malfist »

thepratt wrote: post #8
UebVar wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Governments spending money on something doesn't mean it works. Bridges to nowhere are totally a thing

Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites

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Post by yard2010 »

a2tech wrote: post #7
TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #6

Earlier 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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Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites

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Post by drewmate »

paxys wrote: post #2

Has this ever been proven to actually work?

Apparently there are companies trying similar things in the US - https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/11/13/cloud-seedin...

First I'd heard of it... though Salt Lake City did just have its rainiest October on record.

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Post by bad_haircut72 »

Its obviously not as dire (yet) but I think Texas will face something like this in the coming decades. Its the kind of problem that requires people at all levels of society to cooperate and sacrifice - farmers & businesses need to draw less, people need to use less and government needs intelligent and actionable policy, plus big investment into unsexy and invisble infrastructure upgrades - so basically we're screwed.

Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites

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Post by magicalhippo »

malfist wrote: post #13
thepratt wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Governments spending money on something doesn't mean it works. Bridges to nowhere are totally a thing

> Bridges to nowhere are totally a thing

Come on now. It's not nowhere, there's 24 people living on that island, of course that's worth building a $45 million bridge for them[1].

(just the latest silly bridge project here in Norway)

[1]: https://www.nrk.no/nordland/nordland-fylkesrad-vil-bygge-bro...

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