[extropy-chat] FWD [PvT] Re: Anti-hurricane engineering

[Hal Finney]

I am not sure it has been mentioned in this thread, but the October
issue of Scientific American actually has an article on just this
topic, controlling hurricanes.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=000593AE-704B-1151-B57F83414B7F0000

The author reports on simulations suggesting that changing the air
temperature a degree or two in particular regions around the hurricane
can change its course or reduce its intensity.  However the article
was somewhat vague about what technology might accomplish this task.
There were references to unsuccessful experiments with cloud seeding in
the 1960s, and suggestions that commercial jet flights might someday
be planned to control where the shadows fell from their contrails.
More advanced technologies could include microwave beams from solar power
satellites or special biodegradable oil coatings to reduce evaporation
from selected regions of the ocean.

Hal