…we might as well get good at it” Stewart Brand.
China is cloud seeding on a massive scale – training and paying a distributed network of farmers to fire ex military munitions containing silver iodide to instigate rain cloud formation.
Fascinating article – I’d no idea weather manipulation has been going on in many countries for decades. The Chinese as always apply sheer scale and doggedness to a problem.
Not sure I like the sound of silver iodide in the air?
This will be one of the tactics that will be used to ‘guarantee’ clean air and skies for the Beijing olympics.
Was it Bruce Sterling who said the future’s already here, it’s just not evenly distributed?