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Preempting Hailstone Formation To Protect Cars
Makarand writes "Nissan has become the first automaker in the United States to start using
a device that suppresses hail formation to protect its fleet of new vehicles
from hailstorm damage. The device is a cannon capable of shooting sonic waves upto
50,000 feet in the air to keep hailstones from forming. The
device comes with its own weather radar and activates when it detects
conditions favorable for hail formation. The device can provide
hailstorm protection in an area with one-mile radius by firing
sonic waves every five seconds."
What he meant to ask was:
"Any environmental impact that I can use against the manufacturer to force him/her to stop selling these products? Any rare bird, rare plant, rare protected type of anything that is damaged? Does this increase the likelihood that migratory birds will fail to migrate or that hibernating bears will cease to hibernate? Is there any rational or irrational basis for me, an environmentalist, to hate, despise, villify, or otherwise malign this product? "
Read between the lines sometimes.