76 out of 77 scientists agree: chemtrails
are nonsense.
I bet some of you are angrily typing in comments
to this video right now.
And some of you are probably hoping this puts
an old fringe theory to rest.
And the rest of you are saying “What the
heck is a chemtrail?”
Have you ever seen long trails left behind
by jet aircraft flying high in the sky?
Those trails are called contrails, which is
short for condensation trails.
They form from the water vapor in aircraft
exhaust.
This is similar to when clouds form from your
breath on a cold day.
The air from your lungs is warm and damp.
The water vapor in your breath condenses as
it hits the cold air.
But these breath-clouds evaporate quickly.
Contrails can last for hours. What gives?
The length of time a contrail holds its shape
depends upon the humidity in the atmosphere.
A contrail in humid air will hold its shape
longer than one in drier air.
If the air is particularly dry, no contrail
will form at all.
But people have proposed that those trails
are actually evidence of a secret, wide-area,
high-altitude spraying program.
Some posit that the culprit is a government
agency and others say it’s a corporation
or other private group.
Typically, the claim is that the chemicals
are meant to subjugate the population in some
way, through public health, crops, or weather
control.
And frequently they try to make a connection
between chemicals found in soil
and the trails in the sky.
But according to a recent study published
in Environmental Research Letters, that’s
just not the case.
The study involved 77 scientists specializing
in either atmospheric chemistry or geochemistry.
The experts evaluated information that supporters
of the chemtrail theory cite as evidence of
a conspiracy.
76 of those scientists said that there was
no evidence supporting chemtrail claims.
They said that the data could more easily
be explained by our understanding of condensation
and the natural processes that deposit material
on the Earth’s surface.
So can we put this fringe theory to bed?
Even the researchers who organized the study
think that’s too ambitious.
As they said in their report, “Our goal
is not to sway those already convinced that
there is a secret, large-scale spraying program
— who often reject counter-evidence as further
proof of their theories — but rather to
establish a source of objective science that
can inform public discourse.”
So think of this study as a preventive measure.
For people convinced that something hinky
is going on, this study will serve as more
proof of a cover up.
But for those still forming an opinion, it
could shed a little light on the subject.
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