Geoengineering a Snow-Free Winter Fails In Moscow

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @08:48AM from the anthropogenic-warming-is-hard dept.

dinoyum writes "Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov's promise of a winter without snow in the capital city has fallen short. While cloud seeding is not a new concept for Russia, often used on major holidays, geoengineering snow has never been done to that magnitude. Carrying off the $6 million procedure required jets to spray silver iodide into coming clouds, ensuring that all precipitation fell before it reached the capital. However a combination of disrupted radar, wind control, and faulty weathermen have been blamed by Luzhkov for his failed attempt at playing with mother nature. For now, Russia can go back to enjoying snow."

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Re:Huh by xutopia · 2009-12-30 09:04 · Score: 3, Informative

Montreal claims ~30000$CAD per kilometer of street. http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2009/12/21/003-Deneigement-Outremont-Plateau.shtml?ref=rss
Re:The article says.... by Talderas · 2009-12-30 09:29 · Score: 3, Informative

So this year they're spending about $18M on removal.

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Re:Huh by Rockoon · 2009-12-30 10:57 · Score: 3, Informative

Oxygen is poisonous too.

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