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Old 02-02-2006, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by NE_Pilot
LoL, calm down, I don't believe in chemtrails, I had encountered someone who did, and they went on and on, and I was wondering if anyone else heard of this stuff, because it was the first time I had heard about it.

The guy had me watch a video on it, and in the first 4 minutes you could tell that the guy in the video had next to no knowledge on meteorology.
Sorry, thought you were serious. This kind of crap is a pet peeve of mine. The world has enough real problems without spending time, energy, and debate on fantasies derived from the doped-up minds of semi-educated paranoids.
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Old 02-02-2006, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Sorry, thought you were serious. This kind of crap is a pet peeve of mine. The world has enough real problems without spending time, energy, and debate on fantasies derived from the doped-up minds of semi-educated paranoids.

No problem. I was just trying to figure out whether it was something others have heard about, or if it was just something this guy thought up. The more I look into the more I see how widespread it is (as in locations, not nesscarly people-wise), and how little facts are used in the arguements, and how they butcher meteorology.

Does anyone know who started this??? I heard it was some late-nate talk-show radio host who did other things like UFOs, and the like.

I have also read that these people actually harass NASA meteorologists and the like. I have tried to go about disproving them, but they completely ignore facts.
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Old 03-23-2006, 03:27 PM
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The fact is that contrails do collect in the sky to produce cirrus blankets over an otherwise clear blue sky. The sky where I live is regularly clouded over by contrail cirrus blankets even though there is no major airport for over 100 miles. Granted, most of the conspiracy buffs have little meteorological education, but you cannot simply discount ALL of their concerns. Pilots that deny the consequences of airplane pollution are right on par with the conspiracy theorists - they must be crazy. Any responsible, educated, experienced pilot should be aware of the possible consequences of filling our atmosphere with airplane emissions, especially considering the ever increasing frequency at which people are taking to the skies. Nobody wants to believe that their career, hobby, or livelyhood may have negative consequences, which is why contrails are so vehemently defended on this thread. There is a lot of evidence that suggests airplane pollution may contribute significantly to a greenhouse effect, globally and regionally. This information doesn't come from half-baked conspiracy theorists, it comes from reputable scientists, whom I would trust before anyone in the airline industry when it comes to looking at reality directly with both eyes open. Changing the composition of the atmosphere is no laughing matter, and I think that is the real issue that needs to be addressed when we talk about contrails. The prevelance of contrail cloudiness is really just an indication or sign of how much pollution is being constantly delivered to the upper atmosphere. Sometimes I wonder if all the conspiracy theories are made up in order to take attention away from the only real problem with what we can see in the sky - pollution. I guess that too would be a conspiracy theory, but one that may actually make sense. Finally, to the guy(UCONNQB14) who thinks he's God's gift to golf, I have this question: Do you think that your amatuer skills are an excuse to belittle other people's values - ie. blue skies? I value blue skies, and a sense of a healthy future for myself, my kids and the Earth system that supports us all. What do you value other than money, your ego and a pointless game? I suspect that when you grow up, you'll be eating a lot of your words.

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Old 03-27-2006, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by UConnQB14
played a golf with one of those tree-hugger types last year who spent the first 5 holes complaining about how the airlines are shortening our life spans. the next 13 holes he decided to complain about how contrails ruin his blue sky and how the EWR traffic makes him suffer day in and day out...

... meanwhile, i spent 18 holes kickin' his ass, taking his money, and demolishing his pride
Well done sir! Next time tell him how air travel demand is expanding so rapidly all over the world that by 2010 or so billions of filled seats a year will have to be accommodated by you gentlemen.
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Old 03-27-2006, 12:08 PM
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The jig is up fellas. They found out what we're doing up there.

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Old 03-27-2006, 12:30 PM
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Isn't that why prist goes into jet fuel? I thought I was doing my duty to the chemtrail crowd in my mighty turboprop by creating that ever present "cirrus blanket" over this land of ours.

On a more serious note, there was a study done after 9/11 on this very subject of the 'cirrus blanket'. It turns out that the skies were in fact less 'polluted' by these clouds about a month after the attacks due to a lack of airliners at high altitudeds for a measurable amount of time. It turns out, however, that the temperature of the earth actaully increased during this time period, it DID NOT decrease. Chemtrails do have a purpose after all!!
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