If we can get rid of clouds using silver oxide, why don’t we use that method on hurricanes?

Question

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)

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

Launching some chemicals into a hurricane would do nothing to stop it. Hurricanes have the energy equivalent of a 10 megaton nuclear bomb detonating every 20 minutes. Converted into Watts, it’s equal to 600 trillion watts per day. The combined output of every power plant on earth is 3.3 trillion watts. Nothing humanity has at its disposal can come close to the energy of a hurricane.