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Moscow to ban snow - mavenu - 10-16-2009
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/luzhkov-takes-snow-fight-to-the-sky/387446.html'>Via Foreign Policy Blog</a>
Quote:Moscow will blast clouds from the sky this winter to save money on snow removal, a city official said Wednesday, but the plan threatens to anger the surrounding region, which would have to cope with the extra powder.i hate to think of the environmental impact...
Airborne snowfall prevention will save the city about 300 million rubles ($10.2 million) this winter, said Andrei Tsybin, head of City Hall?s department for public works and utilities. Moscow is ready to spend about 180 million rubles to disperse clouds ?in the event of very big and serious snowfall,? he said at a news conference.
Mayor Yury Luzhkov is a long-time proponent of fighting clouds by spraying liquid nitrogen, silver, or cement particles into the cloud mass, which forces precipitation to fall before it can reach the capital and spoil holidays like Victory Day and City Day.
Last month, Luzhkov proposed expanding the technology to fight the snow drifts that snarl traffic every winter.
?What if we force this snow to fall beyond Moscow? The Moscow region will have more water, bigger harvests, while we will have less snow,? he said at an award ceremony for Moscow?s best-kept yard.
He said that using the Air Force to prevent massive snowfall would be three times cheaper than using the regular system of trucks and snow-melting stations.
The city approved the proposal in record time.
Moscow to ban snow - Southern Bellz - 11-04-2009
Is this a real article? I know this is kind of old, but this is one of the most insane things I have ever read.
Moscow to ban snow - Caer Rialis - 11-04-2009
It's a real article. This guy is a kook
Moscow to ban snow - Guest - 11-04-2009
I have heard this before. I think they also did similar things in Beijing during the summer olympics to prevent rain.As to environmental impact...I think liquid nitrogen would not be a big issue, cement particles can be tricky but will probably not be too damaging (depending on what they put in the cement), but silver particles shoud be a big nono. Also you mess up the local climate in the city area, but it's messed up already anyway...it could get interesting though: snow reflects what little sunlight they have, while a snow-free city absorbs the sunlight, making it more of a local hotspot than it already is, so that it possibly attracts more precipitation (rising air and all that)
Moscow to ban snow - Polkstreet - 11-04-2009
Perhaps if we put our heads together we can come up with a goofier and even cheaper solution to the problem.
Moscow to ban snow - Napoc - 11-04-2009
you could always move the city to a tropical climate. the initial airlift would probably be expensive, but think of all the money you'd save in the long run.or maybe just build a giant dome over the city.
Moscow to ban snow - Polkstreet - 11-04-2009
Or clone Stalin and just have him order it not to snow over Moscow. The weather would dare not comply.
Moscow to ban snow - Guest - 11-04-2009
Quote:Or clone Stalin and just have him order it not to snow over Moscow. The weather would dare not comply.They already tried that, but ended up with Putin. The moustache didn't clone well...
They could move the city underground.
Russia is not particularly known for its consideration for the environment, anyway.
Moscow to ban snow - htz31361849782 - 11-04-2009
Maybe we need this guy in NYC
Moscow to ban snow - Caer Rialis - 11-05-2009
No, you already have Bloomberg.
Moscow to ban snow - htz31361849782 - 11-09-2009
That's why I want the guy from Russia.