Tennessee Senate passes bill banning chemtrails
Tennessee Senate passes bill banning chemtrails
The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill targeting "chemtrails." Why the conspiracy theory has been debunked and what's next.
The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill targeting "chemtrails."
SB 2691/HB 2063, sponsored by Rep. Monty Fritts, R-Kingston, and Sen. Steve Southerland, R-Morristown, passed in the Senate on Monday. The bill has yet to advance in the House.
The bill claims it is "documented the federal government or other entities acting on the federal government's behalf or at the federal government's request may conduct geoengineering experiments by intentionally dispersing chemicals into the atmosphere, and those activities may occur within the State of Tennessee," according to the bill.
The legislation would ban the practice in Tennessee.
"The intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight is prohibited," the bill reads.
The bill is scheduled to go to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday.
"The intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight is prohibited," the bill reads.
Gonna look dumb later when they need cloud seeding for a drop of rain.
Or when somebody applies the law to CO2 or methane and finds an express purpose.
Or if we come up with a remotely feasible sunlight solution for warming. But I think that’s their point isn’t it.
This is how I see it backfiring.
Federal gov: we hereby formally request that the motorists of the great state of Tennessee drive their motor vehicles in order to release CO2 and other chemicals into the atmosphere for the express purpose of changing the temperature in Tennessee.
Oops, all motor vehicles are now banned in Tennessee.
Edit: also banned are parasols and air conditioners as they're both an apparatus with the express purpose of affecting temperature
I'm wondering if this could actually be applied to things like crop-dusting, as it does temporarily affect the intensity of sunlight. The same might be true of any airplanes flying over the state -- oops that airliner obscured the sun for a moment and their flight path was intentional. It would be hilarious if all airlines suspended flights "just in case".
There's also the reverse: the bill doesn't actually ban chemtrails. It bans dispersing chemicals for purposes of altering the weather. If they are dispersed for purposes of controlling people's minds, they slip right past this bill.
Anyone rolling coal with one of these (or similar) bumper stickers directly violates this law.
Exactly. This bill is a Trojan horse to solidify the effects of global warming so that the rich and elite can leave the planet and the rest of us behind to burn and rot.
so much potential for trolling.
someone should do it.
If the Tennessee Senate’s goal was to waste 45 seconds of my life, mission accomplished.
The Summary reads as something that bans cloud seeding, which is a real thing, and not the same thing as chemtrails which is a made up conspiracy theory about intentionally spreading toxic chemicals.
Yeah, I mean they have a right to ban cloud seeding I guess
Chemtrails are the mind control drugs. This is banning cloud seeding which is actually being performed in some locales.
With this language, it's banning way more than that
What else is actually being done now thats banned by this? Or is this just preemptive banning of technocrats stupid geoengineering ideas to fight climate change?
I'm not sure if Tennessee has the jurisdiction to enforce this law seeing as the FAA makes it very clear they get to decide what state and local laws may be enforced.
I'm not sure because "chemtrails" don't fucking exist: It's an insane conspiracy theory spouted by idiots who don't understand what contrails are or why they form.
Just because they don't exist doesn't mean they won't look in the sky and see a condensation trail Coming from a jet liner and start throwing fines at people.
You sound very sure, but don't forget that the UK admitted to doing similar things, for decades, on an unsuspecting population.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/apr/21/uk.medicalscience
In today's class; how to pass a law that does nothing, affects no one, and makes idiots re-elect you.
Wow, we're really gone aren't we. We're all the way fucked.
The intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight is prohibited,
So just bring a camera to film it and say the express purpose is to make art, educational videos, documentaries, study dispersal patterns, etc.
It's totally cool to affect the environment accidentally or as a biproduct of another activity.
So it does just what it's designed to - nothing. Welp, guess you got your tin-foil-hat constituents covered. Time well spent.
Clickbait headline.
Chemtrails aren't mentioned anywhere in the bill. They're banning solar geoengineering tests in the state. Which is at least something that some companies are studying, even though the tech doesn't exist yet.
what are chemtrails, then? because the bill talks about "intentionally dispersing chemicals into the atmosphere" and to say that it doesn't ban chemtrails because it doesn't say the word "chemtrails" is a little bit dishonest in and of itself
"Chemtrails" are from a conspiracy theory that the government is spreading mind control agents through these contrails or vapor trails (the trails left behind airplanes sometimes). Here's an article discussing what they actually are.
100 years ago they banned mustachioed men from holding groundhogs above waist height for longer than 6 minutes per hour….
Yeah, but it got John the groundhog hoister to shave his awful mustache, so you know, time well spent
I guess this bans crop-dusting of any kind unless there is some altitude stipulation involved. Kinda funny if that pans out to be true because I'm sure these Tennessee Republicans are not too keen on organic farming practices.
"The intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight is prohibited" the bill reads.
It's right there in the the description.
so if I spread chemtrails with the intent to do mind control or population control or biological warfare, it's perfectly fine and legal. good to know
So the only real thing this bans is cloud seeding?
bans crop dusting
I always knew the day would come when they formally banned farting in crowded elevators.
Dropping a ton of pesticides from the sky sounds like a bad idea. I support this bill.
I mean I support this bill. The solution to the climate catastrophe is a carbon tax and eventual carbon burning ban.
We need to shutdown these stupid ideas of geoentineering cooked up by the oil industry.
the solution is the overthrow of the global capitalist system, the transition of energy to solar, nuclear, wind, hydroelectric, etc. then banning cars, transitioning to 100% electric infrastructure
Yes. And passing legislation that reduces the impact on the climate catastrophe in the meantime is good too.
they aren't good ideas but we dont seem to be doing much about our emissions, so research into potential methods to delay the problem doesn't seem terrible. (as long as its not exploited to continue doing nothing)
Just convince Tennessee Republicans that airplanes aren’t real. Should be easy considering they’re completely capable of ignoring reality in favor of conspiracies. Problem solved. You’re welcome.
Critical support to Tennessean used car salesmen with brains so fried by Qanon they're stumbling backwards into opposing Bill Gates geo-engineering bullshit
The way this things reads it either affects everything or nothing that gets pumped into the atmosphere. My guess is nothing because who will ever say their express purpose is to affect the temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight?
"This [is] as convincing as saying that alien beings walk among in disguise as people because some people act very strangely.," they added.
Psh, are you seriously saying that lizard alien people who control us all aren't walking disguised among us?? /s
Instantly successful... high fives all around!
No more fighting fires with planes and helicopters, no dispersing chemicals, not even dihyxrogen monoxide