DeepSummary
In this podcast episode, Anthony Pompliano interviews Augustus Dorico, the founder and CEO of Rainmaker Technologies. They discuss Dorico's company's technology that allows them to control and modify the weather by flying drones into clouds and dispersing chemicals to induce rain or prevent precipitation. Dorico explains the science behind cloud seeding and how it can be used to mitigate droughts, suppress hail, and potentially even redirect hurricanes.
Dorico shares details about Rainmaker's current operations, including seeding clouds over farms in California's Central Valley and plans to work with ski resorts and for hail suppression in Texas. He talks about the potential benefits of weather modification, such as increasing water supply for agriculture and cities in the American West, as well as the ethical considerations and criticisms surrounding the technology.
The conversation also touches on the role of the government and private companies in weather modification, with Dorico advocating for collaboration between the two. He compares the United States' approach to that of China, which has a much larger state-run weather modification program. Dorico expresses his vision of using weather modification to create a more habitable and biodiverse planet, free from inclement weather and scarcity.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Rainmaker Technologies has developed a method of weather modification by seeding clouds with chemicals dispersed from drones, allowing them to induce rain or prevent precipitation.
- Cloud seeding can be used for various applications, such as mitigating droughts, supplementing water supply for agriculture and cities, suppressing hail, and potentially redirecting hurricanes.
- Augustus Dorico, the CEO of Rainmaker, has an ambitious vision of using weather modification to create a more habitable, biodiverse, and abundant planet, free from inclement weather and scarcity.
- While the technology holds promise, there are ethical considerations and criticisms surrounding the potential consequences of manipulating the weather on a large scale.
- Dorico advocates for collaboration between private companies like Rainmaker and governments to advance weather modification technology while ensuring it is used responsibly and for the public good.
- The United States' approach to weather modification lags behind countries like China, which has a large state-run program dedicated to the technology.
- Current weather modification technology has limitations, such as the inability to fully disperse powerful hurricanes, though Dorico hopes for future advancements.
- Weather modification could have significant geopolitical implications, with countries potentially seeking to protect the technology as a strategic national interest.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “Precipitation enhancement is the sort of weather mod that we're starting with. There's all sorts of varied applications that people, Sci-Fi writers have written about for a long time, that cloud seeding has been applied to.“ by Augustus Dorico
- “An earth that is more habitable and more biodiverse and more lush than it ever has been as long as humanity has been on the face of it, you can do weather mod for the benefit of environments and people all over the United States, all over the world.“ by Augustus Dorico
- “The first consideration is, you can imagine other use cases, but no. The first consideration is maybe the requisite amount of energy that you can release from cloud seeding with a given storm. Cat five, whatever it may be, is too great, given the technology we have to totally disperse it.“ by Augustus Dorico
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The Pomp Podcast
Anthony Pompliano
3/13/24
Augustus Doricko is the Founder & CEO of Rainmaker Technology. In this conversation, we talk about controlling the weather by sending precision drones up to the clouds, critics, United States role, weather modification, technology required, China, private companies, and more.
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