Conspiracy theorists are going to conspiracy theorize. Just ask Denver International Airport (I love how they’ve embraced being the topic of so many conspiracy theories).
But the mother of all travel-related conspiracy theories has got to be anything and everything to do with chemtrails. I mean, if you care about science, even a little bit, you know how and why contrails are formed (that’s what they’re actually called, by the way. Contrails. Calling them “chemtrails” is part of a conspiracy theorist’s fever dream). But like I said, conspiracy theorists are going to conspiracy theorize.
One of the most prominent conspiracy theorists currently is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. He’s the genius who has introduced the following ideas to the “free state of Florida”:
- Fluoride is bad for you
- The stronger hurricanes we’ve been having have nothing to do with climate change
- Kids shouldn’t be forced to have vaccines (“vaccines bad”) to go to public school
He also appointed someone to Disney’s oversight board who thinks that tap water could turn people gay.
So the latest in DeSantis’ conspiracy-addled brain is all about these so-called “chemtrails.” They worried him so much that back over the summer, he signed legislation that bans weather geoengineering and prohibits chemtrails.
The law requires the Department of Environmental Protection to track and investigate complaints from residents about suspected weather modification or suspicious activity. This includes, “the injection, release or dispersion of any substance into the atmosphere that would affect weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity.”
That law took effect in July. DeSantis reportedly celebrated the occasion.
But wait, it gets better!
As of October 1st, Florida airports are required to report sightings of so-called aircraft with weather modification or geoengineering equipment aboard.
Know how many reports they’ve gotten out of Palm Beach International Airport since then?
None. Zero. Zilch.
“Although we have received a few general inquiries about the new state law, we have not received any reports of aircraft that would be subject to the reporting requirements,” Palm Beach International Airport spokesperson Rebeca Krogman said Oct. 17.
At least one state lawmaker (Sen. Tina Polsky, who voted against the bill back in the summer) says the rule is a waste of time and whatever is being spent on documenting it a waste of money.
“I felt that this was a bill that was a solution for a problem that did not exist,” Polsky said. “I think it’s a waste of taxpayer money and it’s a waste of resources to report on something that’s nonexistent.”
Polsky even goes as far as to think some lawmakers (who don’t understand science, maybe?) may genuinely believe chemtrails are real and are a threat, but that others “feel their base believes it, so they’re going along with it to continue to get their support.”
Sigh.
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