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<br />"Because society is not hom geneous, the possibility <br />of conflict exists since tie! goals of the various <br />groups may not be similar. F~r example, some groups <br />perceiving harm to the env ronment may oppose the <br />collective acceptance of wea h~r modification programs, <br />or they may oppose weather modification because <br />they are opposed to tampering with the forces of <br />nature. Conflicts in goals may also be observed <br />between rural and urban res'idents. On weekends, <br />urban residents may desire no precipitation because <br />of planned recreational events whereas farmers may <br />want the rainfall." (9) <br /> <br />A tentative explanation of p~blic attitudes in an area <br />which is to receive both the impaqt and the benefits of the <br />weather modification is that: <br /> <br />"Three factors seem to account ~or most of the variation <br />in attitudes toward cloud seed~ng programs. First, <br />and most obvious, those who! thought the benefits <br />would exceed the costs were !more likely to have <br />favorable attitudes toward cloud seeding programs. <br />Second, the greater the affiliation with some farm <br />organizations by these respond~nts, the more favorable <br />their attitudes toward cloudrseeding programs. __ <br />Third, those who though clo$d seeding should not <br />be introduced because 'man ~hould not alter the <br />weather', or 'cloud seeding! vfould probably upset <br />the balance of nature' or 'cloud seeding violates <br />God I s plan for man and nature" were much more likely <br />to oppose cloud seeding programs." (10) <br /> <br />Perceived atti tudes di ffer i~ the Upper Color..ado River <br />Basin where snowpack augmentation ~mpacts occur, but not the <br />major benefits. Those project area residents who are opposed <br />to cloud $eeding base their view on: A resentment of outside <br />politicians who make their winters longer and their weather- <br />related problems worse, an extreme~y pessimistic view of the <br />impacts of weather modification :as relating to ecological <br /> <br />2-17 <br />