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Futuristic weapon approach a possible rainmaking breakthrough
Published: 04 May, 2010, 13:08
Edited: 31 May, 2010, 22:50
A powerful laser can be shot into humid air to cause intense water condensation, scientists have discovered. The technology has the potential to replace cloud seeding widely used today.
Think, for a second, that maybe it's not taking water AWAY from anywhere, but just speeding up the process which usually comes naturally to an area. Not only that, but maybe the people down below the target area really need the water, as in in a life or death drought. Without that water, people could die. I'm quite certain it won't be used liberally, but only in dire need, never upsetting the balance mother nature herself enforces.
Just picture this: A small african village, children dying because they're so dehydrated, when all we need to do is push a button and save lives. Mother nature will surely enforce her laws, and just use water from somewhere where there is plenty. I believe that the benefits far outway the risks, and these should be put into mass production, though not used liberally.
Have you ever considered the fact that watermolecules cannot multiply? If you thus make it rain where do you think the water will come from. It doen't just start existing, it comes from somewhere which means some other place will be left with less water. This could have catastrophic causes to the environment. Have you not seen matrix (and jes, i know its fiction)? Just imagine if our skies actually did start to look like that. Our environment should never be put at risk for some experiment, regardless to the advantages it 'might' have. It's not just your home your messing with. Its mine too.