The issue of Indonesia’s readiness to cooperate with Tunisia in developing “artificial rainstorming” technology has recently come to the forefront. Development and water resources specialist Hussein Ruhaili clarified that this technology involves human intervention to induce rain, manipulating clouds and precipitation processes.
Ruhaili stressed that the concept is not new. Research on enhancing rainfall started in the late 19th century, and the first “artificial rain seeding” operations were conducted in 1941 in various countries. The advancement of aviation technology has greatly assisted in the execution of these experiments. This collaboration could potentially address water scarcity issues in Tunisia by leveraging Indonesia’s experience and technology in artificial rainmaking.
The expert explained that the cloud seeding process is carried out by pumping a specific substance into the clouds using aeroplanes, therefore condensing the clouds in a faster way and raising them in the specific place, and thus rainfall falls whenever we want and in the desired quantities, and the natural process of rainfall is compensated by the process of artificial cloud seeding.
Hz added that the process has several negative repercussions, as a number of those knowledgeable in the field believe that the recent floods seen by the capital of the Emirates, Dubai, were due to the adoption of rain seeding. He underlined in the same context that some other countries, such as the United States of America, Russia, and China, have used this technology since the start of the sixties, but there are reports by climate scientists looking at the United Nations today warning of the negative influence of artificial rain seeding technology, as there are major threats to the climate that may cause floods.
Concerning the cost of this experiment, the speaker underscored that discussion of the issue of rain seeding is still new in Tunisia and the true cost has not yet been determined, but it is essential to pay attention to that and attempt to find alternative solutions that are less expensive and whose damage is limited because rain seeding may cause floods that Tunisia cannot bear. He stressed that this technology must be carefully studied and researched.
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