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The video is about cloud seeding, a technology that can artificially induce rain or snow by using dry ice, silver iodide, or electric currents to speed up the condensation process in clouds. The video explains how clouds form, how cloud seeding works, and how it has been used for various purposes such as agriculture, weather control, and warfare. The video also discusses the limitations, impacts, and conspiracy theories related to cloud seeding. The video ends with a question for the viewers to share their opinions on cloud seeding.
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- Cloud seeding is a technology that can artificially induce rain or snow by using substances like dry ice or silver iodide to speed up the condensation process of water vapour in the clouds.
- Cloud seeding was discovered by accident by Dr Vincent Shaefer in 1946, when he used dry ice to create ice crystals in a cold box.
- Cloud seeding has been used for various purposes such as preventing droughts, reducing hailstones, clearing fog, and controlling rainfall in specific areas or events.
- Cloud seeding has no lasting negative effects on the environment, but it cannot increase the total amount of rain or create clouds where there are none.
- Cloud seeding is a limited technology that depends on the availability of water vapour and the direction of the wind.
- Cloud zapping is a new technology that uses electric currents to make the water droplets in the clouds merge faster and cause rain.
- Cloud seeding was used for meteorological warfare by the US during the Vietnam War to disrupt the supply lines of North Vietnam.
- Cloud seeding is often associated with conspiracy theories that claim that the government or Bill Gates are manipulating the weather for nefarious purposes.