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.

  • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub
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    4 months ago

    So if anyone wants to use “chemicals” to try and do anything corrective for the environment, this bill will also stop them.

    Classic 2 faced republican bill.

  • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 months ago

    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.

  • culpritus [any]
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    4 months ago

    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.

    • Liz@midwest.social
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      4 months ago

      "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.

      • oscardejarjayes [comrade/them]
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        4 months ago

        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

      • culpritus [any]
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        4 months ago

        AH, so pesticide chemtrails are A OK for these folks! As long as is doesn't have the express purpose of affecting the temperature, weather, or intensity of sunlight, you can spray all kinds of fun chemtrails!

  • Bluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name]
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    4 months ago

    Critical support to Tennessean used car salesmen with brains so fried by Qanon they're stumbling backwards into opposing Bill Gates geo-engineering bullshit

      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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        4 months ago

        They put the mind control drugs directly into the jet fuel. Not even the pilots know they are complicit in the conspiracy.

        Interestingly, this bill only bans spraying for purposes of affecting weather. This bill does not actually ban chemtrails.

  • delirious_owl@discuss.online
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    4 months ago

    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.

    • blakeus12 [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      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

    • AOCapitulator [they/them]
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      4 months ago

      They banned a fake thing that doesn't exist

      This is the same as banning cubas havanah syndrome gun

  • D61 [any]
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    4 months ago

    Instantly successful... high fives all around!

  • AOCapitulator [they/them]
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    4 months ago

    No more fighting fires with planes and helicopters, no dispersing chemicals, not even dihyxrogen monoxide

  • delirious_owl@discuss.online
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    4 months ago

    "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