Chinese government makes it snow in Beijing in order to fight drought

Holding an umbrella, a biker protects himself from the falling snow as he rides by after a snow storm hit Beijing Photo: EPA The unusually early snow blanketed the capital from Sunday morning and kept falling for half the day, helped by temperatures as low as minus 2 Celsius and strong winds from the north, Xinhua news agency reported.

[GlobeSon]

interesting!

[star trek]

it was achieved by the chinese scientists.

it was not achieved by the chinese politicians.
chinese politicians only ordered the seeding.

the chinese politicians should not be the ones who get credit.

[laojim]

star trek wrote:

it was achieved by the chinese scientists.
it was not achieved by the chinese politicians.
chinese politicians only ordered the seeding.
the chinese politicians should not be the ones who get credit.

So they had an early snow and someone wants to take credit. No offense, but that is a bit lame. I have plot and a secret device to make the sun go down this afternoon. You just wait. It's going to work and the world will be amazed.

[Mirolyuba]

The technology was developed in the US in the 1930's, but even then it was rejected because it didn't work all that well and because of the high cost of the necessary chemicals. Nowadays they would not be used anyway in Western countries on account of the pollution.

Stalin used to pull similar stunts in the old USSR. The CCP wants to assume a "god" status in their propaganda to provide some meagre shred of legitimacy for their criminal regime. The CCP, of course, don't care how many deformed children their propaganda stunt causes.

Same old propaganda crap.

Poor China.

[laojim]

Mirolyuba wrote:

The technology was developed in the US in the 1930's, but even then it was rejected because it didn't work all that well and because of the high cost of the necessary chemicals. Nowadays they would not be used anyway in Western countries on account of the pollution.
Stalin used to pull similar stunts in the old USSR. The CCP wants to assume a "god" status in their propaganda to provide some meagre shred of legitimacy for their criminal regime. The CCP, of course, don't care how many deformed children their propaganda stunt causes.
Same old propaganda crap.
Poor China.

The system developed some years ago in the US occasionally seems to work but has been very unreliable. The same system in the hands of the Russians or the Chinese would be highly unreliable although it would work sometimes, unless they have improved it somehow. It isn't impossible, you know.

[superdelegate]

commies 'playing' god,these days nothing surprises me.

[laojim]

superdelegate wrote:

commies 'playing' god,these days nothing surprises me.

You wouldn't say that if the Americans tried it, would you? Well, they tried it for years and found that it sometimes works.

[Mirolyuba]

laojim wrote:

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The system developed some years ago in the US occasionally seems to work but has been very unreliable. The same system in the hands of the Russians or the Chinese would be highly unreliable although it would work sometimes, unless they have improved it somehow. It isn't impossible, you know.

I didn't say that it was.

But if you want to believe a rather obvious re-do of a tired old Communist propaganda stunt, with the addition of a blind leap of faith regarding "improvements somehow", I guess I can't stop you.

[laojim]

Mirolyuba wrote:

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I didn't say that it was.
But if you want to believe a rather obvious re-do of a tired old Communist propaganda stunt, with the addition of a blind leap of faith regarding "improvements somehow", I guess I can't stop you.

Could happen.
I personally prefer the old tried and true method of bringing rain, washing the car.

[old china]

superdelegate wrote:

commies 'playing' god,these days nothing surprises me.

It should be noted that even Texas has a weather modification program that utilises cloud seeding.

[old china]

And also...

"In the United States, cloud seeding is used to increase precipitation in areas experiencing drought, to reduce the size of hailstones that form in thunderstorms, and to reduce the amount of fog in and around airports. Cloud seeding is also occasionally used by major ski resorts to induce snowfall. Eleven western states and one Canadian province (Alberta) have ongoing weather modification operational programs."

24 countries use cloud seeding but it is only believed to be America who have used it as a weapon of war.

[Mirolyuba]

laojim wrote:

<quoted text>
Could happen.
I personally prefer the old tried and true method of bringing rain, washing the car.

That, indeed, works every time!