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Old 01-18-2005, 07:18 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Beowulf, since you're not going to go into details, I can't comment on whether or not what you say is true. Some kind of system using radiation or chemicals to split the clouds doesn't change much except to divert where those clouds are going.

Here's my stance. We, humans, have the unique capability to MASSIVELY affect our environment to increase our chances of survival. "Mother nature" does not "get upset and fight back" at our actions, the environment naturally reacts to our activities in ways we just can't forsee because of the enormous complexities of a WORLD interconnected.

Ever heard of the phrase, "when a butterfly flaps its wings in China, the stock market falls in Wall Street?" It's called the Butterfly effect -- what the heck does one have to do with the other? We may not be able to see it easily, or even prove it easily, but because of how big the world is, when we change one thing in the weather, we cannot easily foresee how it will affect the big picture.

What my frickin' point? Go ahead and mess with the weather. Learn how to control it with mistakes and experiments. Everyone will always be afraid of "big bad Mother Nature" when in fact there IS NO BIG BAD MOTHER NATURE. We can't "fuck it up beyond repair" because the EARTH HAS BEEN AROUND PRACTICALLY FOREVER without us in existence.
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