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Greetings, Scholars of that which is New! I come to you today with a question in the hopes of garnering some input on the worthiness of artificial snowmaking. As you all know well by now, climate change is a pretty fucking big deal. Like, an end of days, tipping point of irreversible, impact your future and kill your children big deal. Having just broken the tip of the (receding) iceberg on learning about the impacts of snowmaking on our climate, I would like to gather your opinions on whether or not it is worth it! Attached is an article on snow blowing at Snowbowl, one of hundreds, if not thousands of ski areas that are using artificial snowmaking to open their mountains earlier and account for a lack of snow throughout the season. It's about 50 pages long, so I don't expect any of you to get through the whole thing, much less open up the attachment. Regardless, if you have a strong opinion on the matter, or have done some research yourself, I would like to know:
