• gizmonicus@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    I am so completely fucking done with these brain dead ass conspiracy theories about cloud seeding. Science illiteracy is a real fucking problem.

    You. Cannot. Create. Torrential. Rain. With. Cloud. Seeding. Alone.

    Cloud seeding precipitates rain from existing weather systems. If those clouds do not contain the water required to create a torrential downpour then it is impossible to create a torrential downpour. And if those clouds have enough water in them to create a torrential downpour, it does not require cloud seeding to precipitate it.

    It is soul crushing to have to explain to people that human beings do not yet have the capacity to steer and control large weather systems. And it’s very likely that we never will, given the scale and the amount of energy that it would require.

    We cannot control hurricanes. Why? Because hurricanes possess and release more energy than the entire combined energy production capacity of human civilization. They are mind bogglingly powerful, and to think that we can steer them to target political enemies IS BATSHIT INSANE.

    Climate change is real. Republican conspiracies cause me physical pain. And I need a stiff drink.