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SleeplessinSoCal

(9,721 posts)
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 05:24 PM Apr 2024

Curious to learn more about Cloud Seeding.

My hubby has been getting physical therapy while recovering from pneumonia with a very nice gal with outside the mainstream ideas.

She suggested cloud seeding may be contributing to his respiratory woes. We both got pneumonia (identified as parainfluenza). I know that seasonal allergies play havoc with my respiratory system. We have tons of seasonal growth from all our rain this winter. I assume that is a factor. Not cloud seeding.

Anybody study it?

Found this: https://connectusfund.org/12-important-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-seeding

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Curious to learn more about Cloud Seeding. (Original Post) SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2024 OP
Rwnj conspiracy theory - not being used over usa getagrip_already Apr 2024 #1
This mahina Apr 2024 #2
She is so diligent. I just stared blankly when she brought up cloud seeding. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2024 #3
The evening news didn't say anything about this Caribbeans Apr 2024 #4
The whole country, actually the world is full of cheats and scams. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2024 #5

getagrip_already

(17,502 posts)
1. Rwnj conspiracy theory - not being used over usa
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 05:33 PM
Apr 2024

Has been tested, but not in use. Lots of science.

Lots of bs.

mahina

(18,992 posts)
2. This
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 05:45 PM
Apr 2024

Sorry but thats as nutty as chemtrails.

Not saying it isnt worth experimenting with to slow climate change. If it hurt folksʻ breathing it would not be happening and I have no evidence it is in use.

The right embracing the idea that the govt wants to kill our own people is a mystery to me.

Collect taxes to pay for your existence.

Step 1- kill your taxpayers
Step 2-
Step 3- profit!

Hoping the PT continues to go well. They make such a positive difference!

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,721 posts)
3. She is so diligent. I just stared blankly when she brought up cloud seeding.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 05:56 PM
Apr 2024

She has many ideas about health, Alzheimers and therapy. She seems so positive. Pains me to think such a person can be so easily duped.

I never really gave the idea of cloud seeding a second thought. Figure we'd hear about it on the evening news.

Caribbeans

(1,016 posts)
4. The evening news didn't say anything about this
Fri Apr 12, 2024, 05:09 AM
Apr 2024

because it was deliberately hidden

Geoengineering Test Quietly Launches Salt Crystals into Atmosphere - Scientific American

Scientific American | CORBIN HIAR & E&E NEWS | APRIL 4, 2024

CLIMATEWIRE | The nation's first outdoor test to limit global warming by increasing cloud cover launched Tuesday from the deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the San Francisco Bay.

The experiment, which organizers didn't widely announce to avoid public backlash, marks the acceleration of a contentious field of research known as solar radiation modification. The concept involves shooting substances such as aerosols into the sky to reflect sunlight away from the Earth.

The move led by researchers at the University of Washington has renewed questions about how to effectively and ethically study promising climate technologies that could also harm communities and ecosystems in unexpected ways. The experiment is spraying microscopic salt particles into the air, and the secrecy surrounding its timing caught even some experts off guard.

"Since this experiment was kept under wraps until the test started, we are eager to see how public engagement is being planned and who will be involved," said Shuchi Talati, the executive director of the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering, a nonprofit that seeks to include developing countries in decisions about solar modification, also known as geoengineering.

"While it complies with all current regulatory requirements, there is a clear need to reexamine what a strong regulatory framework must look like in a world where [solar radiation modification] experimentation is happening," she added...more
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/geoengineering-test-quietly-launches-salt-crystals-into-atmosphere/


Apparently in 2024, private companies can spew untested crap into the atmosphere (EXPERIMENTING!) - and there's no problem. Just a guess - this person might find the Scientific American article interesting. I, for one, do not consent to be "experimented on". Another reason I'm leaving the US ASAP.

Also, remember that the US Government today is chock-full of liars, cheats and thieves. What sane person would believe anything at all without verification?

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,721 posts)
5. The whole country, actually the world is full of cheats and scams.
Fri Apr 12, 2024, 02:15 PM
Apr 2024

And racism.

Cloud seeding. As I understand it, is different from what that article describes.

It does however exist and is being studied. USDA info here:

https://agclass.nal.usda.gov/vocabularies/nalt/concept?uri=https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/301198

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