Debunking 'Chemtrails'

 

A commercial airliner produces a condensation trail in the skies over California. Mick West

Generally, I tend to try avoid nonsense, especially once I have tackled a particular topic. One of my pet peeves used to be the pervasiveness of one conspiracy theory specifically - the subject of what is commonly known as "chemtrails" and in reality is actually CONTRAILS.

I have been very lucky for quite some time and haven't had to deal with this topic for many moons, thankfully. Then, I recently came upon a post where yet another person has been duped into thinking they are real. There is a reason for this phenomenon - a rather large presence by one person in particular who runs a site called Geoengineering Watch. The person running it uses photoshop to alter pictures and of course, pictures prove nothing. He doesn't have any physical evidence of actual emissions to prove any of his musings; nor any actual science behind any of it in the form of any peer-reviewed science. Everyone in the scientific community ignores such nonsense, but there are unfortunately many people who fall for the trick hook, line, and sinker. My recommendation is to report pages and/or groups spreading nonsense about "chemtrails" and point to the actual science. 

This article is going to be rather short and to the point, as I see no reason to make a mountain out of a molehill. I could go into details that I learned while researching this topic several years ago, but the science is quite clear. Still, it is important to point to the science in these scenarios so that people don't waste time looking into or spreading yet more fact-free conspiracy theories. Here is a short roundup of articles devoted to the debunking of these false claims: 

First Published Study on 'Chemtrails' Finds No Evidence of a Coverup

Surveyed Scientists Debunk Chemtrails Conspiracy Theory

'Chemtrails' Not Real, Say Atmospheric Science Experts 

Here's What Scientists Really Think About 'Chemtrails' 

The Science and Pseudoscience of Contrails and Chemtrails

Skeptic Project ~ Chemtrails

The Geoengineering of Consent - How Conspiracists Dominate YouTube Climate Science Content