China is scaling up its weather modification programme – here's why we should be worried | Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com
Beijing is aiming to control rain and snow across half the country. But it is the reason it wants to do this that is really frightening, says Arwa Mahdawi

It would be funny if people ever actually read the article

  • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    But how successful China will be is almost beside the point. What is really terrifying is why it is scaling up its weather modification programme. It is not just posturing (although that certainly plays into it), it is also desperation. The climate crisis isn’t around the corner – it is here. Water shortages now affect more than 3 billion people around the world. About 1.5 billion people are suffering severe water scarcity. The UN estimates that, by 2030, water scarcity will have displaced up to 700 million people. And if all those statistics don’t worry you, the fact that investors have started taking water scarcity seriously should: earlier this month, water futures began trading on Wall Street for the first time.

    TLDR they want to prevent a water shortage.

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Title: "China's Weather Modification Regime: The Communist Superstorm?"

    Content: "Lol, capitalists are betting on you dying of dehydration, loser"