China is building an artificial rainwater system

Is it a reality that China is building an artificial rainwater system? In the future we will not have to be at the mercy of the heavens; we will be able to create rain where we need it and supply our needs, both for consumption and for irrigation.

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China is building an artificial rainwater system

Or at least, that’s the goal of countries like China, which has long researched how to influence weather for their benefit. The future of the giant may depend on this type of development.

The most massive artificial rainfall system ever devised

The latest project in this direction is the most ambitious to date. The Chinese government is testing a new technology that would allow it to increase rainfall on the Tibetan plateau, one of the country’s primary water reserves.

The method consists of installing combustion chambers in the mountains of Tibet; we are talking about tens of thousands of chambers, in planned locations all along the plain. The position is very important, on steep ridges facing South Asia.

Inside these chambers, solid fuel, which produces silver iodide, is burnt; this chemical compound is the most widely used in the creation of clouds, usually released from above in airplanes.

The exciting thing is that, instead, they take advantage of the monsoon winds coming from the south, which hit the mountains; in doing so, they create an upward current of air that raises the compound to the clouds.

The use of silver iodide is well known for “rain sowing,” but never before has an attempt been made to apply it on such a scale, with a technique that is not as expensive as flying planes from time to time.

A system that could not have been born without Tibet

This system could not have been implemented without the characteristics of the monsoon from South Asia. Also, the project has been developed by a Chinese aerospace agency; the combustion chambers have been designed by its engineers and scientists; the significant challenge was to operate them at an altitude of about 5,000 meters, where oxygen is less available.

The project has already installed more than 500 of these combustion chambers in Tibet, Xinjiang and other areas; scientists say the data show promising results.

A single combustion chamber can form clouds up to 5 km in length. It costs about 50,000 yuan, about 6,500 €; less than it would require carrying all that silver iodide in airplanes.

However, there are still serious doubts as to whether these systems could affect the weather; in addition to the amount of rain, they could produce. The scale of the project is so massive that it can make the government think twice about it before giving the final go-ahead.

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