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Tennessee Lawmakers Propose Legislation Banning ‘Chemtrails’ (www.avweb.com)
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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Does the proposed law or the legislators supporting it use the word 'chemtrails'?

Because

the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals [...] into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight

is a real thing. The conspiracy theory that it's a widespread program that commercial airlines are involved in is, however, not true.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

From the article:

According to language in the Senate bill, there is “documentation” that “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.”

While the word "chemtrail" isn't there, the idea that the federal government is doing "geoengineering experiments" is basically the core belief of the conspiracy theory.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

'may' is carrying a lot of weight there, and frankly if the government isn't testing geoengineering technologies, they should probably fucking start, they're going to need to.

Most chemtrail conspiracies I hear are more in the mind control and/or turning people gay vein of crazy

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yikes. Injecting sulfur dioxide into the air is actually a proposed way to temporarily reduce climate change by increasing Earth's albedo. I guess Tennessee wants to stay hot.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I guess Tennessee wants to stay hot.

They mostly don't believe in global warming.

This law is stupid, but when Republicans pass stupid laws against real things, pretending that they're passing laws against false conspiracies doesn't help.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Felt like a knee jerk response to climate change research to me.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago

That's clearly what it is

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

The problem is that once we start, we are in that forever. It's best not to have to do this.

[–] HaywardT@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 7 months ago

I concur, this should have been reported for what it is. It is essentially a local ordinance against geoengineering.