Well if he's collecting it, he might also be filtering all the Strontium aluminate which is supposed return to the atmosphere through evaporation. All that chem-trailing isn't cheap, so he's in violation of stealing. They've been working for years to create a gigantic projection screen in the sky. How else were they expected to make the aliens appear? And they'd get away too if it weren't for those confounded meddling rain collectors. Curses!