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11.08.09

Bored With PCs, Bill Gates Sets His Sights On Controlling the Weather

Microsoft's chairman is part of a joint patent filing for using fleets of vessels to stop hurricanes via geoengineering
By Jeremy Hsu Posted 07.10.2009 at 11:11 am 26 Comments

Truly this is the age of Greenfinger: Billionaire Bill Gates has patented the idea to halt hurricanes by decreasing the surface temperature of the ocean.

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