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m4hdi t1_je38eek wrote

Reply to comment by pythagorean_cultist in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist

Weather control!!

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Pixel_Knight t1_je3q7r1 wrote

I don’t think weather control is possible. The amount of energy in the weather system is too massive to be able to affect it with any reliability. You’re talking about moving thousands of tons of mass and literal quadrillions of Joules of energy. The amount of energy stored in even a single rain system is almost unimaginable. Humans don’t have a way to control that without incredibly advanced technology.

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LakesideTrey t1_je3f60x wrote

Many governments on earth partake in it to a certain extent "seeding" clouds to fertilize crops more efficiently.

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ktElwood t1_je49uf8 wrote

Best we can do is insurance companies.

Mankind can't harvest the sun's energy that is reaching earth, so it all goes into thermodynamics of the weathersystem.

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[deleted] t1_je39opi wrote

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LakesideTrey t1_je3d456 wrote

The government (and elite in general) don't want to kill poor people. Day laborers are what fuel the economy and keep them wealthy.

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DeathGPT t1_je3dm3z wrote

Yes, but they won’t go out of their way to prevent natural disasters as it fuels political discourse even when the technology for super computers is here, pretty sure they could handle tornado and rain but they won’t. There’s many ideas in the scientific community for resolving tornados and other natural disasters but they won’t even attempt it.

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LakesideTrey t1_je3fmh4 wrote

In order to prevent tornados you would have to be able to regulate air temperature over huge areas. That is much harder than a supercomputer and more advanced than what we have now.

I think the lack of significant investment in geoengineering is simply due to the fact no one with a lot of money wants to "waste it" on a risky investment.

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NoSoupForYouRuskie t1_je3e9g1 wrote

Nah. They are replaceable. What part of 8 billion alive and 100 billion more on the way. At some point we might even find out about "modern population control".

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LakesideTrey t1_je3eyu5 wrote

Most first world countries gearing up for a baby bust and possible demographic crisis due to low fertility rates. The U.N predicts the global population will begin reduction by 2086. I doubt we will be hitting 100 billion on earth anytime soon.

Plus, even if your point is right, if something is replaceable that doesn't mean you actively destroy it. If the human population is replaceable that doesn't mean those in power want to destroy it.

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NoSoupForYouRuskie t1_je3f2r7 wrote

Look around. Idk about you but I'm not jaded anymore. This planets fucked and all we care about is the moment.

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dickinsauce t1_je3qy4a wrote

I was hiking yesterday, it looked pretty nice to me!

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NoSoupForYouRuskie t1_je3wpbd wrote

Go to any city. I doubt you did. Infact I'm willing to bet I travel more in a day working or even on my days off then you do. Go outside, sure it's okay for now but it won't be forever if we are not careful. Go spread hate. I'm sure that's what you want from this right?

There's bodies in the streets in poor communities. People dying in waiting rooms. But sure. They are not replaceable. How many humans die a year?

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