Chinese Government Ramps Up Weather Control Efforts

formaggio writes "China's government is intervening with nature by rolling out four regional programs to artificially increase precipitation across the country by 10 percent before 2015. The program is anticipated to bring in an additional 230 billion cubic meters of precipitation per year by 2015. This is on top of the 50 billion cubic meters of precipitation China already artificially creates annually in the northeastern province of Jilin."

Re:When the rain falls here, it doesn't fall there

[AK Marc]

Here, I'm required by law to catch rainwater. But in Colorado, it's illegal to do so, as the water rights are owned downstream.

Re:Evaporation

[Anonymous Coward]

Since when did Iodine = Silver Iodide??????

Re:Evaporation

[MaWeiTao]

There's Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. Given that South Korea, Taiwan and Japan all have amongst the largest economies in the world and massively dense populations I'd say that what China is doing is very important. They already have to deal with dust storms blowing over from the ever expanding Gobi desert.