Cloud Seeder

For years Governments around the worlds, particularly those of

China and the USA have invested time, money and hopes in this
technology of cloud seeding, which basically consists of flying a
plane into the clouds and dropping chemicals which are supposedly
meant to make it rain. These institutions do this, based on highly
conflicting scientific evidence regarding its effectiveness:
The US government, through its National Center for Atmospheric Research, has analyzed
seeded and unseeded clouds to understand the differences between them, and has
conducted seeding research in other countries.[citation needed]
Clouds were seeded during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing using rockets,[8] so that
there would be no rain during the opening and closing ceremonies.[9] although others dispute
their claims of success.[10]
A 2010 Israel University study revealed that the common practice of cloud seeding with
materials such as silver iodide and frozen carbon dioxide may not be as effective as it had
been hoped.[11] A 2011 study suggest that airplanes may produce ice particles by freezing
cloud droplets that cool as they flow around the tips of propellers, over wings or over jet
aircraft, and thereby unintentionally seed clouds. This could have potentially serious
consequences for particular hail stone formation.[12]

This act of seeding a cloud in the hope of creating extra rainfall, or suppressing violent winter
weather is a ritual undertaken by Governments. The idea of ritual is ancient. Pervasive
throughout various aspects of history, be it religious, social history, political history; ritual is a
tenant (?) of human behaviour and constructs. Performing some arbitrary act, in the hope of
achieving a certain outcome..when thinking about it is almost nonsensical and yet, we still
do it.
This piece is a comment on ritual, hopefully drawing comparisons between the rituals of
ancient times (tribal dance) and that of the modern age (cloud seeding).