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codewalker's avatar

I did some quick numbers. To get a one part per million concentration in the atmosphere would require every 747 ever built to fly round the clock missions every day for twenty years. Someone would notice.

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Nadine Hughey's avatar

Did DeSantis just say climate change is a thing?

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Chuck Anziulewicz's avatar

The only way Rhonda Santis is going to get rid of what he called "chemtrails" is to do away with commercial air travel. Good luck with that.

There’s no such thing as “chemtrails.” Jet CONTRAILS (short for condensation trails) are caused by the exhaust from aircraft engines mixing with cold air at high altitudes. The primary factors behind their formation include:

Water Vapor Emission – Jet engines burn fuel, producing water vapor as a byproduct. This vapor is expelled into the cold upper atmosphere.

Weather conditions affect contrails:

Cold Temperatures – At high altitudes (above 26,000 feet), the air is very cold (often below -40°F or -40°C). When the hot exhaust gases mix with this cold air, the water vapor rapidly condenses into tiny ice crystals.

Humidity Levels – If the upper atmosphere has sufficient moisture, the condensed water droplets quickly freeze, forming visible ice-crystal trails. In drier conditions, contrails may dissipate quickly.

These factors affect how persistent jet contrails are:

Short-lived contrails – Appear briefly and disappear quickly if the surrounding air is dry.

Persistent contrails – Stay visible for long periods and can spread out, forming cirrus-like clouds, especially during colder winter weather.

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Chuck Anziulewicz's avatar

There’s no such thing as “chemtrails.” Jet CONTRAILS (short for condensation trails) are caused by the exhaust from aircraft engines mixing with cold air at high altitudes. The primary factors behind their formation include:

Water Vapor Emission – Jet engines burn fuel, producing water vapor as a byproduct. This vapor is expelled into the cold upper atmosphere.

Weather conditions affect contrails:

Cold Temperatures – At high altitudes (above 26,000 feet), the air is very cold (often below -40°F or -40°C). When the hot exhaust gases mix with this cold air, the water vapor rapidly condenses into tiny ice crystals.

Humidity Levels – If the upper atmosphere has sufficient moisture, the condensed water droplets quickly freeze, forming visible ice-crystal trails. In drier conditions, contrails may dissipate quickly.

These factors affect how persistent jet contrails are:

Short-lived contrails – Appear briefly and disappear quickly if the surrounding air is dry.

Persistent contrails – Stay visible for long periods and can spread out, forming cirrus-like clouds, especially during colder winter weather.

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Cactus 🌵🕸🦇's avatar

Yay, fighting fake problems!

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RangerJay's avatar

Does Florida have an existing statute against Witchcraft? Just checking.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

"Within the borders of this state."

Pure genius. I'm sure nobody releasing climate-changing chemtrails will ever figure out how to do so without a Florida license.

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JCfromNC's avatar

Although I'm willing to believe a significant percentage of Ron's voters don't think about this, Ron was smart enough to be a JAG lawyer so surely *he* knows that if you're putting stuff in the atmosphere, it's not going to stay over Florida, or steer around the state if someone else is doing it. I mean, I could just set up shop in Georgia (even if they're likely to get some version of this same law at some point) and pump shit into Florida's air all day long, were I so inclined.

"Hey, dude -- I released [my product] in Georgia. Where the winds take it after that isn't my concern."

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zeusspeaks's avatar

Sweet bebby Jeebus these people are sooooo stoopid.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

And these are the people RUNNING THE STATE. Try wrapping your head around *that*.

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Waterwitch's avatar

I appreciate the effort this nice lady must also make to get up every morning in time to yell "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" at the east to make the sun come up.

I do worry, though, about the effect of all that vinegar on the color of the sky. Does she KNOW what happens when you wash blue jeans in acid??

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Robyn. It's really, really a shame that stupidity doesn't seem to hurt the stupid; it's the rest of us who suffer what they've wrought.

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Vic's avatar

Reagan made stupidity into the GOP brand.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

That's why Trump ran as a Republican.

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John Thorstensen's avatar

All y'all -- commit to watching this VERY REVELANT Weird Al video to the VERY END!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urglg3WimHA

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Dina's avatar

That was great!

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Russell Jones's avatar

Just tell the wingnut idiots that chemtrails protect against vaccine injuries, then stand back and watch the heads explode.

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Sherry's avatar

The stupid. It burns.

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Old Flint's avatar

I guess these people have never seen movies of the bombers in WWII over Germany. They left contrails, (oops chemtrails) that were miles long and were a danger to our fliers because the Germans could track our bombers from a hundred miles away.

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