"Do we believe in God and that he has dominion over his perfect creation of planet Earth? Do we believe that he has given us everything we need to survive as a civilization since the beginning of time? Or do you believe in man's claim of authority over the weather, based on scientists that have only been alive for decades and weren't here to witness the climate changes since the beginning of time?"
"As American culture becomes saturated with conspiracy theories, the idea that the government is controlling the weather-an old chestnut-seems to be getting new legs. This theory has led to a raft of proposed legislation in more than two dozen states. Tuesday's hearing showcased the messiness of what happens when conspiracy theories collide with a federal government that has proven especially willing to entertain them."
Claims emerged that the government controls the weather, invoking divine dominion over nature and questioning scientific authority. Proposed legislation sought to prohibit weather modification with an extremely broad definition covering cloud seeding, contrails, and solar geoengineering. Conspiracy narratives about chemtrails and secret weather control have spurred bills in more than two dozen states and influenced federal debate. Experts warned that conflating unrelated techniques obscures evidence-based understanding; condensation trails are natural clouds formed by jet exhaust. Established, human-driven climate change and its proven impacts were minimized by some participants while fringe theories gained attention.
Read at WIRED
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]