The agency took the unusual step of creating websites debunking the conspiracy theory that chemicals are being sprayed in the sky to control the weather or do other things.
The websites are:
Apparently this conspiracy theory was too bonkers for even the Trump regime.
Regular airplane made clouds are enough, don’t need any conspiracy.
It’s leaded fuel as well, so we’re being sprayed with lead particles (because profits, there is no technological reason they have to use lead) whilethe clouds they can leave (contrails?) in certain conditions add about 100% warming effect when compared to just the CO2 spewing.https://www.knmi.nl/over-het-knmi/nieuws/hoe-dragen-vliegtuigstrepen-bij-aan-de-opwarming-van-de-aarde dutch source for this claim.
Avgas has lead. Jet fuel does not.
Oops, thank Glob I was wrong! still dumb that avgas for piston planes use it but thats a whole different story.
A scary side effect of this is how many small plane pilots don’t use gloves when checking fuel. In my flight school, I was the only student who used gloves. Everyone else just covers the tube with their thumb, unconcerned with how easily lead can pass through their skin.
Fuel that gets checked usually gets dumped on the ground, too. It’d be interesting (and probably unsettling) to see how much lead finds its way into the ground around airports.