There are admittedly not quite unamüsante anecdote from the confused period of reform of the Communist Party in the 1960s. Under the so-called "Great Leap Forward" all Chinese people were at that time to stimulate higher production volumes (particularly cereals) will be called to thereby economic growth. What seemed simple on the papers (just mehr Felder bewirtschaften = höherer Ertrag), bewies sich in der Realität dann doch etwas schwieriger. Die Partei hatte nämlich die Rechnung ohne den Vögeln – insbesondere den Krähen - des Landes gemacht, die in kühleren Jahreszeiten zu Tausenden besagte Felder stürmten und verzweifelt alle auffindbaren Saatkörner verspeisten. Mit Erfolg. Das Resultat waren verheerende Misernten im Folgejahr und tiefe Falten auf den Stirnen der Parteikader. Irgendwas musste unternommen werden. So kam Vorsitzender Mao schließlich auf die glorreiche Idee: tötet alle Vögel, die euch in die Quere kommen und eure Ernten gefährden! Daraufhin zog das ganze Land ausgestattet mit Gewehren und Schießpulver in die Wildnis um an den vermeintlich harmlosen Tierchen Rache zu nehmen. Und in der Tat konnte man durch diese Aktion den Vogelbestand beträchtlich reduzieren. Leider hatte man dabei komplett auf die Auswirkungen für die komplette Nahrungskette vergessen, denn aus der plötzlichen Unterzahl an Vögeln resultierte nun eine explosionsartige Verbreitung anderer Schädlinge wie zB Heuschrecken, welche daraufhin ebenfalls wie die Vögel zuvor große Teile der Ernte vernichteten. Die Natur ist eben (un)berechenbar.
Es gehört zur Natur der Partei immer alles kontrollieren, keinen noch so kleinen Faktor vergessen und berechnen zu wollen, schlicht und einfach: be the master of the house. This shows, for example, the Chinese unit of time zone that is despite the incredible size of the country (which in fact would require at least three time zones) all the rules of the globe in spite of the entire country and focused on Beijing. This seems to stop Tibet by 22 clock still the sun. It is also vital if the party is playing again weather god, and hundreds Silberjodith rocket shoots into the sky, thereby influencing the weather. Background: The fact that Beijing has a Smogproblem class is nothing new. Every year, the air pollution in the capital during the winter months traditionally reaches its lowest value over the year. Reasons This is due primarily to the low pressure prevailing in the winter, of course, but also the fact that many people still heat with coal. As always, the dense traffic and local residence industrial areas contribute the rest. This all would be so bad if it not for the "rain problem" would be, because in parallel to the immensely high winter air pollution levels is any type of precipitation in the winter months traditional. It is completely normal in Beijing, if it is not loose time with the onset of winter rains for 6 months, even snow, despite the freezing temperatures (-15 ° C) more of an anomaly - the winter is mostly cold, but dry. Problem: Due to the lack of Rain, the air can not be "cleansed" - for a Smogbelastung vorzuweisen Beijing as it has a serious problem. Until early November 6th Beijing had Ring road and some other expressways are completely blocked for security reasons, because due to the continuing severe smog under 1km (!) Was dropped.
But we would not be in China if political leaders themselves to such problems have no solution at hand. We are talking about the so-called weather Ministry, which deals with the exploration and manipulation of meteorological conditions. Socially acceptable wurde die Wettermanipulation (welche in China bereits seit mehr als 50 Jahren erforscht und praktiziert wird) vergangenes Jahr mit den Olympischen Spielen. Denn trotz verschiedenster Umweltreformen bekam man den Smog in der Hauptstadt einfach nicht in den Griff. Überraschenderweise präsentierte sich Peking am Tag der Olympia Eröffnungszeremonie von seiner besten Seite – wolkenfreier Himmel und strahlender Sonnenschein. Das Wundermittel sind Silberjodith Raketen – ein Stück nicht wesentlich größer als eine Zigarette – die zu hunderten in den Himmel geschossen werden, dort eine chemische Substanz freisetzen und somit direkt das Wetter beeinflussen. So kann man auf Wunsch Sonnenschein oder Regen „erzeugen“. Durch die surprising reliability, the new system quickly became popular and used more often. For example, in the fall of 2008, when after a long drought threatened massive crop failures. But after the rain tilled crop stocks were saved. Even in the 60 th anniversary celebrations on 1 October 2009 came back to keep the system used by the military parade on the Changanjie against smog.
this November so it was again time to call the Department of weather, because if several expressways, including the sixth Ring Road because of smog (in the TV news the way, officially as a "thick fog" declared - what complete nonsense, since it was too warm on the day in question for fog) have to be locked, it is even the most stubborn cadre contrary. Surely it can not be that someone - be it even nature in person - makes the party a spanner in the works! Interesting about the whole weather gods playing: Although China weather modification can cost several million per year and supply the specially developed system because of the reliability and enough propaganda material would be of any use is always discreet and never officially announced. That would perhaps also from time to benefit:
The result was appointment of a winter overnight including temperature drop of more than 15 ° C and 30cm of fresh snow. The nighttime snow storm hit the north of China completely unprepared for the (actually already always-on) was insbesodnere chaos on roads in the metropolis of Beijing inevitable. The numerical insufficiency of evacuation vehicles were only slowly during the day sent to the streets, most of the drivers was due to the winter tires recently autumnal weather is still not mounted, low travel speeds and congestion were the result. Hundreds of thousands of people were not or only with considerable delay to their workplace, because the bicycle is still an important means of Beijing's population is - but with 30cm of fresh snow on uncleared streets are also the hardest optimist. As a result deviated from the masses on the already overstretched public transport system entirely, which, however, down to the underground subway circulating, also completely exposed. At Beijing International Airport were canceled over 100 flights, more than 300 were delayed, the airport, 300 km away from Shijiazhuang even had to close completely and cancel all flights until further notice, were in the neighboring province of Shanxi blocked all highways throughout the country completely to protect (!). In the further north China's devastating snowstorms taught damage in the millions.
The attempt by the party to play God and put themselves on the nature was (again) clearly failed. In an attempt to eliminate disaster A disaster is generated B - the original problem remains still exist. The birds follow the locusts, there remain Misernten. The smog following the snow storm, the lack of sight still exists. Man köntte smoothly from a winter to speak Deja vu.
The difference is that the party retains today, in contrast to earlier face. Officially, it's just the nature that is going crazy because of global climate change.
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