This article does not mention silver oxide, but regardless of what chemicals are used why don’t we attempt to weaken catastrophic storms in any way?
[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/jun/24/thisweekssciencequestions3](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/jun/24/thisweekssciencequestions3)
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Very unlikely it would be effective, but here’s the catch: how much is needed to register in a hurricane? What I mean is, we take 500 mg of Tylenol and not 5 mg of Tylenol for a reason.
Are we talking tons, tens of tons, or hundreds of tons per square mile? Do we seed it in the eye, near the eye, or closer to the outside rim?
We’ve done experimentation already but because these hurricanes aren’t fans of repeating the paths of other hurricanes they were inconclusive at best. But we have to consider the idea that the volume necessary to weaken hurricanes might either be a) impossible to manufacture affordably, b) logistically impossible to seed effectively, or c) not even the right chemical compound to use because of either reason. And all of this before getting all of that to the hurricane, which if you look at projects may not be where we’d like in the hours it might take to move the material.
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