But can we stop or control hurricanes? More importantly, should we?
Bill Gates, along with his former CTO at Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold thinks we should. They filed for the patents last year at Bellevue, WA. based Searete LLC, an entity of Intellectual Ventures, currently managed by Myhrvold.
David Nolan, associate marine biologist from the University of Miami had this to say about controlling hurricanes:
Every couple of years there's a news story that gets picked up for some hurricane-suppression idea," Nolan told TechFlash recently. "They’re all kooky in their own way. Some of them are more plausible than others, but they all face an enormous problem of scale. ... You would have to cover an incredible area with this effect to reduce the temperature of the ocean by a significant amount."
What does Gates have in mind and is he playing God? You decide.
Jean Williams AKA DelilahStarling