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As part of a secret program to control the weather in the Middle East, scientists working for the United Arab Emirates government artificially created rain where rain is generally nowhere to be found. The $11 million project, which began in July, put steel lampshade-looking ionizers in the desert to produce charged particles. The negatively charged ions rose with the hot air, attracting dust. Moisture then condensed around the dust and eventually produced a rain cloud. A bunch of rain clouds.
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Originally posted by 12voltz
reply to post by projectvxn
I dont think the people who need rain for crops could afford this instant rain,it wont be cheap and will only make the wealthy wealthier.This will not be used to help poor farmers feed their families but it might fill up a sheik's swimming pool.
Originally posted by projectvxn
Originally posted by 12voltz
reply to post by projectvxn
Don't be such a Negative Nancy.
They said the same thing about Air Conditioning...Now everyone has it. New tech is ALWAYS expensive because a lot of resources go into creating it. Once the process is perfected distribution will grow..
I agree, but have you ever noticed when they start mass producing something it is never really produced 100% anymore? Always seems to break so you have to get expensive repairs or buy another one?!
Now if they could make it work from a free energy kind of thing, then maybe it could be a free energy type of thing itself. Wouldn't it be nice if man just actually cared enough about his fellow man to make this happen. Maybe some of the billionaires should sink some of that money they want to let loose into something like this.
I know Im dreaming...., but what if eh?