Posted By Crim Just seen on BBC news China celebrating 60 years. There was a mention of the clouds being chased away by their weather changing technology. Does anyone know what that is about? I remember when Russia had the Olympics many years ago the weather was awful until just before the opening ceremony when all of a sudden it was sunny and that stayed right through the games. Something about cement powder dropped onto the rain clouds?

Posted By gerry d I`m not sure of the technology but remember this being mentioned when the Beijing Olympics were held last year. Remember all that smog...where did that go? They definitely used something to `chase` it away just in time for the games starting.

Posted By Leo26 Just recently read a book (fiction apparently) where on an international scale we attempted to manage the weather i.e. chasing rain clouds away, moving hurricanes away from landfall so we could all enjoy a better climate and the crops were watered at pre-planned times...I'm sure you get the picture. As you can imagine it didn't end well for the human race, the book was called "Extinction" and that wasn't referring to communism..... The climate has managed itself naturally for millions of years without our help, why should we be so arrogant to think we know better now in the short space of time that we have been around, doesn't every action have a reaction? If it's not broken don't try and fix, it will only end in tears. Leo26

Posted By John Packer Stuff4blokes. You are correct in saying that they shut industry down to allow the smog to clear. Unfortunately what they actually did was flicked the switch, turned off the lights and went home for several weeks, on plant that had been running 24/7 for years. No points for guessing what happened when they came back and switched it back on...Nothing! In some cases it took 2 months after that before production resumed.