Comments on: China Creates Artificial Snow Storm… Again

By: nick

nick — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:47:43 +0000

I think the 4th character looks like the man in a wheel chair…

By: anon

anon — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:30:17 +0000

Cloud seeding does NOT drastically alter temperatures. What a bunch of crock. People are idiots if they believe that the Chinese government could cause snowstorms.

By: shinigami88

shinigami88 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:15:25 +0000

I know what you mean, it would help if we knew what type of chloride they used (i.e. whether it was sodium chloride, potassium chloride or one of the others). I'm also guessing that they probably used sodium chloride since it will be the cheaper option. I believe the engineer quoted in the article was also upset that they used half of the amount allocated for that year in just a few days.

By: z06

z06 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:19:47 +0000

but the chinese are known for not stringent building standards

By: John Lee Smith

John Lee Smith — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:25:23 +0000

Well sodium chloride is just salt.
And that's what we use in good old Britain to melt snow.
About 2m tonnes a year according to some random google linky.