The law and its premise is nuts, lets just get that out of the way first.
“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.
So on one hand this is a reading about banning any efforts of geoengineering. But modern day airplanes already dump “chemical compounds” into Tennessee airspace today as part of jet engine exhaust. The argument would be “oh, planes are okay because they’re not dumping to affect weather even though those gases are affecting the weather via climate change.” Doesn’t that argument open up license for anyone to dump whatever they want (including geoengineering materials) if they can claim that isn’t their primary purpose?
I mean, planes already inject, release, or disperse a lot of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances into the atmosphere, namely CO2 and water, which is why there are contrails.
The law and its premise is nuts, lets just get that out of the way first.
So on one hand this is a reading about banning any efforts of geoengineering. But modern day airplanes already dump “chemical compounds” into Tennessee airspace today as part of jet engine exhaust. The argument would be “oh, planes are okay because they’re not dumping to affect weather even though those gases are affecting the weather via climate change.” Doesn’t that argument open up license for anyone to dump whatever they want (including geoengineering materials) if they can claim that isn’t their primary purpose?
I mean, planes already inject, release, or disperse a lot of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances into the atmosphere, namely CO2 and water, which is why there are contrails.
Did Tennessee just ban airplanes?
“With the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of sunlight.”
I’m pretty sure they just made it so polluters are fine if the they are just doing it to pollute and don’t give a fuck about climate change
Seeding clouds for rain definitely affects weather, so I guess that’s illegal now?
*instructions unclear - CO2 emissions violate this new law; henceforth, airplanes are illegal in Tennessee
Cars are illegal. Breathing is illegal.
So doing it to make the friggin frogs gay is OK?
Damn.
That is WAAAY moar worser…
You know that tornadoes are already prevented through cloud-alteration, right?
This would criminalize that?
We need to criminalize incompetence-in-authority!!
I don’t think that’s possible. There won’t be any governments left.
wouldnt that be great! some local citizen should sue an airline, using this bill, for affecting the climate.
Reading comprehension: with the express purpose of… That’s not the express purpose of those planes.