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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 cyanydeez »

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…

Cloud seeding is real, buf unpredictable. Youre trying to get moisture to coalesce around the "seed" then fall where you want it.

The dubious part is the coditions to rain are chaotic patameters and unpredictable.

Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites

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Post by inglor_cz »

sva_ wrote: post #17

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Iran is the "principal-agent" problem embodied.

The governing mullahs' interests are brutally divergent from those of the people in whose name they pretend to govern.

Hence, the nuclear weapons program and all the cozying up to Russia.

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Post by conspiracythery »

cyanydeez wrote: post #21
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…

Cloud seeding is real, buf unpredictable. Youre trying to get moisture to coalesce around the "seed" then fall where you want it. The dubious part is the coditions to rain are chaotic patameters and unpredictable.

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107328

Right, the chance of it working is 0-20% in some tests and found to be highy conditional. I’m in support of them trying something to help, but it’s not a silver bullet (though it is silver iodide).

Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites

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Post by rjzzleep »

sva_ wrote: post #17

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They're building nukes? Awesome, looks like you have more information than the IAEA. Unless of course you're talking about the same Ayatollah bomb that Iran almost has since 1984[1].

The drones are produced by Russia btw. You know, kinda how you guys keep saying that you'll punish China for supplying components for them. Meanwhile every single drone that Ukraine uses is built with either Chinese components or is a modded Chinese drone to begin with.

[1] https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/04/24/Ayatollah-bomb-in-pr...

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Post by rjzzleep »

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…

One of Iran's biggest problems is that Iran, for no good reason other than the benefit of some big corporations (kinda similar to the California situation) is one of the biggest produce and dry fruit exporter in the world, and that one thing the government would need to do is shut down that excess capacity. A thing very few countries would do because it would punish some oligarch for the benefit of the whole of society.

Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites

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bad_haircut72 wrote: post #18

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.

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Re: Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites

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Post by dmix »

rjzzleep wrote: post #26
sva_ wrote: post #17

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They're building nukes? Awesome, looks like you have more information than the IAEA. Unless of course you're talking about the same Ayatollah bomb that Iran almost has since 1984[1]. The drones are produced by Russia btw. You know, kinda how you guys keep saying that you'll punish China for supplying components for them. Meanwhile every single drone that Ukraine uses is built with either Chinese components or is a mo…

I don’t think Iran is hiding the fact they are building nuclear weapon tech and long range ballistic missiles capable of MIRV.

People dismissed North Korea’s ability to do so for a long time. They thought they were too poor and isolated.

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