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Tennessee, my home state, just banned chemtrails. (Original Post) Laffy Kat Apr 18 OP
Republicans claim to hate big government, and government overreach. Aristus Apr 18 #1
Did they define what that means? Jim__ Apr 18 #2
I know it looks like a punchline, but it's true, I live here. spanone Apr 18 #3
They won't have to ban moon landings, though, because those never happened. Permanut Apr 18 #4
Chemtrails been banned here at DU for a long time Kaleva Apr 18 #5
Well Done! ProfessorGAC Apr 18 #13
Some guy Rebl2 Apr 18 #23
There are people in my town who really believe in Chemtrails Kaleva Apr 18 #24
Considering Whiteman is an hour down the road xmas74 Apr 18 #25
I had a good laugh when I saw that headline Walleye Apr 18 #6
How do crop dusters feel about that? JHB Apr 18 #7
Most crop dusters and small planes don't produce contrails like jets - but exhaust has airborn lead!! womanofthehills Apr 18 #21
Lead in the airplane trails? LiberaBlueDem Apr 18 #31
Oh, trying to out Florida Florida, huh wise guy?!?! lol EX500rider Apr 18 #8
I just sent your response to my sis, who lives in Florida. Laffy Kat Apr 18 #11
Remember the good old days when this shit stayed on the fringe with the other nutters? progressoid Apr 18 #9
Since "chemtrails" are just contrails Diraven Apr 18 #10
Was thinking the same Rebl2 Apr 18 #17
Even more impactful FHRRK Apr 18 #18
I share your embarrassment, LaffyKat peggysue2 Apr 18 #12
It was a good place to grow up in the 60s and 70s. Laffy Kat Apr 18 #14
What? How? LeftInTX Apr 18 #15
I don't know how they can enforce it. Laffy Kat Apr 18 #19
It's fun to imagine. Maybe they will have chemtrail militias. LeftInTX Apr 18 #20
If it doesn't specifically say chemtrails JPK Apr 18 #22
Fine, we'll just fly around them. Qutzupalotl Apr 18 #16
Good thing no one wants to ban aluminum foil. madaboutharry Apr 18 #26
Bet the police phone lines will be tied up with MAGA calling in to report chemtrail spottings. Midnight Writer Apr 18 #27
Chem trails are no big deal. They can be eradicated with simple space lasers. nt Gore1FL Apr 18 #28
We're not going to make it as a species are we? 303squadron Apr 18 #29
Doesn't look like it. Laffy Kat Apr 18 #30
All Fedex crews should fly to Nashville and stomp the stupid out of legislature. IA8IT Apr 18 #32
Have they also outlawed "rolling coal"? onethatcares Apr 19 #33

Aristus

(66,436 posts)
1. Republicans claim to hate big government, and government overreach.
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 04:30 PM
Apr 18

Wasting legislative time and taxpayer money to ban something that doesn't exist would seem to fall under both categories.

I want to live on a smarter planet...

On edit: How do you enforce this? Physics dictates that when a plane flies over Tennessee (or anywhere else, really) at an altitude high enough to freeze the exhaust, condensation trails will result. Do you scramble police department interceptor jets to pursue the criminals? Do they now have to invest in police interceptor jets? Can they?

Yeah, I don't think they thought this one through...

spanone

(135,857 posts)
3. I know it looks like a punchline, but it's true, I live here.
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 04:46 PM
Apr 18

maga house

maga senate

maga governor

conspiracy theorists....

Kaleva

(36,325 posts)
5. Chemtrails been banned here at DU for a long time
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 04:46 PM
Apr 18

It's in the TOS

"Posts about mass shootings being "false flag" operations, 9/11 being a controlled demolition, no airplane at the Pentagon, chemtrails, black helicopters, the Illuminati, or other nonsense make us all look like fools. This website may have the word "underground" in our name, but we are not extreme fringe."

Rebl2

(13,539 posts)
23. Some guy
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 08:25 PM
Apr 18

my husband worked with years ago at the P.O. said there were black helicopters that secretly landed at night at of all places the Truman Presidential library in Independence, MO. I think my husband either ignored him or laughed at him.

womanofthehills

(8,745 posts)
21. Most crop dusters and small planes don't produce contrails like jets - but exhaust has airborn lead!!
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 05:36 PM
Apr 18

"Leaded gas was phased out 25 years ago. Why are these planes still using toxic fuel?"


Piston-engine aircraft remain the single largest source of highly toxic airborne lead.

further down in article:

That’s because Reid-Hillview is one of 13,000 so-called general aviation airports, from which leaded-fuel piston-engine aircraft fly. While leaded gasoline was fully phased out in 1996 with the passage of the Clean Air Act, it still fuels a fleet of 170,000 piston-engine airplanes and helicopters. Leaded aviation fuel, or avgas, now makes up “the largest remaining aggregate source of lead emissions to air in the U.S.,” according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The presence of this fuel means the areas near these airports are often inundated with tiny lead particles, according to a 2020 report from the EPA. Lead has been proven to have a detrimental impact on children’s brains and nervous systems.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/leaded-gas-was-phased-out-25-years-ago-why-are-n1264970

(So people who live near airports are getting lead exposure from small planes - according to this article (especially bad for children) -So - are the crop dusters also leaving lead on the crops? Good reason to eat organic!!


Laffy Kat

(16,386 posts)
11. I just sent your response to my sis, who lives in Florida.
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 05:00 PM
Apr 18

We shake our heads in disbelief, together, all of the time.

Diraven

(526 posts)
10. Since "chemtrails" are just contrails
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 04:59 PM
Apr 18

If they're really serious about enforcing this (which I doubt), the only way they'll be able to stop them is for every airline to stop doing business in Tennessee, and for flights from other places to divert around the borders of the state. There is no way that's going to happen.

Rebl2

(13,539 posts)
17. Was thinking the same
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 05:27 PM
Apr 18

thing. Do they even understand what chemtrails are? Guess it’s back to horse and buggy for citizens of Tennessee. You might even say car exhaust is a chemtrail. Hopefully this is a joke.

FHRRK

(494 posts)
18. Even more impactful
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 05:29 PM
Apr 18

Flights coming in to Atlanta, Charlotte, etc, do they have fly around TN? A flight from Cincinnati to Atlanta would become a major pain.

peggysue2

(10,836 posts)
12. I share your embarrassment, LaffyKat
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 05:08 PM
Apr 18

Though not a native, I lived in Tennessee for 20+ years during which time I witnessed the state grow ever more radical and deranged. Now, they're passing laws based on conspiracy theory. Here, I thought, the first law I read about back in the late 90's was stunning--legalizing human consumption of roadkill.

But this?

Nothing is a step too far, too nuts.

Laffy Kat

(16,386 posts)
14. It was a good place to grow up in the 60s and 70s.
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 05:19 PM
Apr 18

It has changed so much. I haven't been back since my father died in 2004, and don't think I'll ever have a reason to visit again. So sad.

JPK

(653 posts)
22. If it doesn't specifically say chemtrails
Thu Apr 18, 2024, 05:59 PM
Apr 18

However it say any chemical that is injected, dispersed into the air, what about chemical companies on the ground? They release all kind of nasty stuff into the air.

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