Hurricane experts doubt feasibility of Bill Gates-backed weather-control idea . Idea is `` on a scale that humans have never really done before , '' says NOAA . Score: 6 : Gates and a dozen other scientists have raised eyebrows by submitting patent applications for a technology to reduce the danger of approaching hurricanes by cooling ocean temperatures . It wo n't completely stop hurricanes . Theory : Barges would cool ocean surface sapping energy from oncoming storms .
Hurricane experts doubt feasibility of Bill Gates-backed weather-control idea . Idea is `` on a scale that humans have never really done before , '' says NOAA . Score: 6 : It wo n't completely stop hurricanes . Theory : Barges would cool ocean surface sapping energy from oncoming storms .