Eli5 Why can’t we just create rain clouds for the western half of the U.S. that is going through a drought?

Question

I’ve heard of the term cloud seeding. Why can’t we create rain clouds and position them in the parts of the US that are going through droughts? It’s not like the water is disappearing from earth, it’s just displacing in other parts of the world

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Answer 1

Cloud seeding is a way to get water that’s in the air to fall on the ground right away. If there is no water in the air, it doesn’t work. We could spray water in the air, but that’s a lot of water.