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wnevets on March 29, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: China Is Building a Rain-Making System Three Times...

who else is shooting silver iodide into the sky?

Dangeranger on March 29, 2018 [–]

Well the United States did from 1962-1983.[0]

Unfortunately humans learn best from negative consequences, rather than from historical observation. Most bad things have already been tried before.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Stormfury

slededit on April 1, 2018 | [–]

Doesn't sound like there were any major negative consequences - just that it was ineffective at stopping hurricanes and cyclones.

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