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| Texas-based geoengineering company hopes to increase rain output |
| 2023-04-22 |
| [FoxNews] A Texas geoengineering company is hoping to bring weather-controlling technology to their region to boost rain production and solve drought conditions. Rainwater Tech, which is based in Austin, uses a technological process that enlarges rain drops in clouds to enhance rain output anywhere from 10% to 20%. "What we do is basically produce an ion plume that goes up into the atmosphere attaches to the cloud nuclei, and enhances rain," Rainwater Tech CEO Mike Nefkins told KXAN. The company, which was founded in 2022, intends to primarily serve governments and municipalities, as well as farmers and corporations. Specifically, Rainwater Tech is hoping to target Lake Travis in Austin, which has been an inconsistent supply of water to the city in the past few years. "We have a real imbalance of where the water is falling, it's falling in areas that already have enough water, we need it to redistribute to the areas that need water most," Nefkins explained. Nefkins explained that Rainwater Tech would use three antennas to "capture" weather coming from rainier parts of the country without disrupting any weather cycles. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Sounds like Colorado using up all the river water before it gets to Nebraska and Kansas. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-04-22 11:14 |
| #4 Weather equity. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-04-22 10:22 |
| #3 I've been in Austin all week and there have been plenty of clouds, but very little rain. But maybe Lake Travis is too small a source for the growing population. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2023-04-22 09:05 |
| #2 Current US drought map |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-04-22 08:21 |
| #1 "capture" weather coming from rainier parts of the country without disrupting any weather cycles Inducing drought elsewhere so their grass gets watered. Some 'growers' might take exception to the theft. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-04-22 08:20 |