seeing how our universe is a closed system. why are we on a shortage.

water evaporates, goes into clouds, comes down somewhere else. i know we can rig it up so it will come back down on us. how do you think the hurricanes came about.

4/7/2008 1:33:30 PM

it runs off into rivers and streams that generally flow towards the ocean.
and into groundwater that also flows
and some of it evaporates, and moves in the direction the wind blows.

4/7/2008 1:36:05 PM

yeah.

but you know we can come up with our own system

4/7/2008 1:37:16 PM

[no]

4/7/2008 1:37:59 PM

Isn't the problem with wastewater? i.e. we don't directly reuse treated wastewater, but release it into rivers/streams, which carry it away from us so that it will presumably undergo some natural filtration between release and the time it is next used for drinking water? And during dry months, our output is greater than what we receive in rainfall?

4/7/2008 1:38:46 PM

0/10

[Edited on April 7, 2008 at 1:41 PM. Reason : k]

4/7/2008 1:41:37 PM

it goes somewhere.

and we can make it come to raleigh.

or wherever we need.

4/7/2008 1:52:13 PM

this is a joke right?

4/7/2008 1:54:48 PM

ALL DRAINS LEAD TO THE OCEAN, SHARKBAIT

4/7/2008 2:01:50 PM

well everything except the part about we can make it rain.

think back to the hurricanes, the way we've been treating our system caused all of that.

so you know we can tweak things here or there to get our way.

4/7/2008 2:02:29 PM

wat

4/7/2008 2:02:31 PM

they can make it rain

seriously, they have already done test and made it rain, had a nuclear cloud headed towards a major city, made it rain and it stopped short.

4/7/2008 2:07:05 PM

yeah when i was a kid, i wanted to invent a rainmaker that involved boiling a shitload of water in the southwest, using pipes from the pacific, and solar panels

4/7/2008 2:10:10 PM

well there we go.

we better not ever run into a shortage again.

because someone drought is anothers flood.

4/7/2008 2:10:21 PM

silver iodide?

4/7/2008 2:12:48 PM

wat

4/7/2008 2:22:32 PM

I make it rain in the club

4/7/2008 2:28:31 PM

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"seriously, they have already done test and made it rain, had a nuclear cloud headed towards a major city, made it rain and it stopped short."

link?

4/7/2008 2:31:14 PM

this thread ignores the indisputable value of rain dances.

4/7/2008 2:32:11 PM

this thread needs to be moved to chit chat.

4/7/2008 2:34:31 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding

4/7/2008 2:37:59 PM

please keep in lounge.

they will post porn in here

4/7/2008 5:18:11 PM

you're about to get porned on

4/7/2008 6:01:32 PM

when it rains

it pr0ns

4/7/2008 6:02:22 PM

global warming / flooding and a drought all at once

4/7/2008 6:04:43 PM

the Jews giveth and the Jews will taketh

4/7/2008 6:07:37 PM

4/7/2008 6:09:57 PM

thank you Mr douche

4/7/2008 7:58:16 PM

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"seeing how our universe is a closed system"

I'm not so sure if they are so sure about that.

4/7/2008 7:59:08 PM

i even made it SFW Mr Sandy Vagina

4/7/2008 8:02:58 PM

yeah i know.

4/7/2008 8:03:36 PM

Quote :

"this thread ignores the indisputable value of rain dances."

4/7/2008 8:05:50 PM

bttt

4/8/2008 10:02:07 AM

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"From March 1967 until July 1972, the US military Operation Popeye cloud seeded silver iodide to extend the monsoon season over North Vietnam, specifically the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The operation resulted in the targeted areas seeing an extension of the monsoon period an average of 30 to 45 days. The 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron carried out the operation to "make mud, not war.""

4/8/2008 10:08:11 AM

Why don't they just build a giant sponge that will soak up passing clouds and keep the water for us???

4/8/2008 10:54:56 AM

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"I'm not so sure if they are so sure about that."

exactly. plus the earth isn't a closed system - it's powered by the sun.

4/8/2008 11:59:58 AM

energy cannot be created nor destroyed.

just shared.


same with rain

4/8/2008 12:02:48 PM

woo hoo thermo!

4/8/2008 12:03:57 PM

BTTT
(makeitrain)

4/8/2008 1:33:14 PM

Quote :

"One of the most basic laws in the universe is the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This states that as time goes by, entropy in an environment will increase. Evolution argues differently against a law that is accepted EVERYWHERE BY EVERYONE. Evolution says that we started out simple, and over time became more complex. That just isn't possible: UNLESS there is a giant outside source of energy supplying the Earth with huge amounts of energy. If there were such a source, scientists would certainly know about it. "

4/8/2008 1:49:53 PM

bttt

China to make it rain
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080411/sc_nm/olympics_weather_dc

Quote :

" BEIJING (Reuters) - China is preparing an arsenal of rockets and aircraft to protect the Olympics opening ceremony from rain, hoping to disperse clouds before they can drench dignitaries at the roofless "bird's nest" stadium. ADVERTISEMENT Officials believe there is a 47 percent probability of rain during the August 8 opening ceremony and a 6 percent chance of a heavy downpour and will try to drain humidity from clouds before they reach Beijing. More than 100 staff at 21 stations surrounding the city will have 10 minutes' notice to fire rockets or cannons containing silver iodide at approaching clouds in the hope of making them rain before they reach the stadium. Three aircraft will also be on stand-by to drop catalysts to unleash rain from the clouds. "We've worked with neighboring provinces on a contingency plan for rainstorm and other weather risks during the ceremonies," said Wang Yubin, the deputy chief of China's meteorological service assigned to the Olympics. The government has spent $500,000 to build up Beijing's cloud seeding capacities over the last five years and authorities will conduct practice runs in June and July. It typically uses pellets of silver iodide, which is highly insoluble in water and can concentrate moisture to cause rain. Zhang Qiang, head of Beijing's Weather Modification Office, believed her staff can fend off drizzle, but could be powerless in the face of a heavy downpour. "I hope God will not send any storms to Beijing," she said. (Take a look at the Countdown to Beijing blog at http://blogs.reuters.com/china) "

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