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Writing on X, the Republican politician said she was creating legislation that would make "the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity" a felony.

"I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity," she wrote. "It will be a felony offense."

She added: "We must end the dangerous and deadly practice of weather modification and geoengineering."

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[-] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And thus more time and money is wasted...

Wasn't there some doge tip site where Americans could post this?

[-] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Misting fans are now a felony

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Cool

Injection of sulfuric acid into the atmosphere (and maybe other solutions) may, at some point, be a requirement for humans and the entire biodome to survive global warming. It won't fix it, but it may delay it enough for us to apply other solutions.

But fucked up mtg of course wants humanity to die out so here we are

It's amazing to see how many stupid people are out there

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

If I could control the weather, this woman would never not be getting targeted by lightning. She'd have to run serpentine whenever she was outside to dodge all the lightning bolts aimed at her.

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Calm down Zeus. You're getting another unhealthy attraction to a mortal woman.

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[-] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh goodie, more we get to suffer more of Marjorie Karen Green's delusional stupidity. I love living in the Fascist States of America.

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I will fuckin love if she fucks around and discovers climate change

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's because MAGA is spreading conspiracies that geoengineering is to blame for the Texas flood.

[-] blargle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is sadly the correct answer. Performative legislation for Alex Jones droolers.

The real thing it actually does 'ban' in practice, is where after having done absolutely nothing about CO2 emissions, we would turn the sky white forever to keep the temperature from going to +3.5°C to +10°C so that it's still possible to grow some crops outdoors somewhere and everybody doesn't die. That's still a couple of decades in the future; China and Australia will probably agree to do it and whatever's left of the US by then will have no say in the matter.

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this is stupid, but it's it a wolf in sheep's clothing to ban any policy against climate change?

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Depending on how climate change turns out for some regions, they will definitely come back to the topic of weather engineering. No rain for a year or two will do this for you.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's like utterly humorless Art Bell fans took over the government.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

This reminds me, I need to sharpen my guillotine.

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There is a nugget of 'truth' here:

https://csl.noaa.gov/news/2023/390_1107.html

I can't find my good source on tis, but there are very real proposals to seed the arctic or antarctic with aerosols to stem a runaway greenhouse gas effect.

It's horrific. It would basically rain down sulfiric acid onto the terrain; even worse than it sounds. But it would only cost billions, not trillions of other geoengineering schemes I've scene.

...And the worst part is it's arctic/climate researchers proposing this. They intimately know exactly how awful it would be, which shows how desperate they are to even publish such a thing.

But I can totally understand how a layman (maybe vaguley familiar with chemtrail conspiracies) would come across this and be appalled, and how conservative influencers pounce on it cause they can't help themselves.

Thanks to people like MTG, geoengineering efforts will never even be considered. :(


TL;DR Scientists really are proposing truly horrific geoengineering schemes "injecting chemicals into the atmosphere" out of airplanes. But it's because of how desperate they are to head off something apocalyptic, and it's not even close to being implemented. They're just theories and plans.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

There was that guy that talked about various geoengineering schemes that we could consider if we are not going to do anything else. From 2007, by David Keith....

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_keith_a_critical_look_at_geoengineering_against_climate_change

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[-] SpecialSetOfSieves@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Would this... proposed legislation... mean that SpaceX will now be prohibited from flooding LEO with Starlink comsats?

Loading the upper atmosphere with ozone-destroying aluminum and other heavy metals as those things fall out of orbit, not to mention rapidly increasing light and RF pollution, definitely qualify as an uncontrolled geoengineering experiment, albeit one whose effects were known before launch. I could go on about the deleterious effects of these orbiting swarms, but - the ball's in your court, Congresswoman Greene.

[-] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

They will be happy to ban space exploration actually. Half of them believe there is a firmament there anyway.

[-] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Go get 'em, Marge. Champion of the dummies.

[-] MITM0@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Does it include the pollutants coming from her private jet ?

[-] Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is awesome. Do it. What’s gonna happen when the contrails don’t disappear? Who are they gonna arrest? Gonna have to stock up on popcorn because the theatre of the ignorant is about to get really interesting. Finally a piece of legislation I can get excited about.

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[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

So, she wants to ban "cloud seeding"?

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[-] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 weeks ago

I goes the water misters to lower temperature at the likes of Disneyland would be illegal under that wording. They’re emitting a chemical (water) to explicitly lower the temperature via evaporative cooling.

[-] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

She's attempting to ban Geoengineering. From Wikipedia:

Geoengineering (also known as climate engineering or climate intervention) is the deliberate large-scale interventions in the Earth’s climate system intended to counteract human-caused climate change.[1] The term commonly encompasses two broad categories: large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation modification (SRM). CDR involves techniques to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and is generally considered a form of climate change mitigation. SRM aims to reduce global warming by reflecting a small portion of sunlight (solar radiation) away from Earth and back into space. Although historically grouped together, these approaches differ substantially in mechanisms, timelines, and risk profiles, and are now typically discussed separately.[2]: 168 [3] Some other large-scale engineering proposals—such as interventions to slow the melting of polar and alpine ice—are also sometimes classified as forms of geoengineering.

Some types of geoengineering present political, social and ethical issues. One common objection is that focusing on these technologies could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Effective governance and international oversight are widely regarded as essential.

Major scientific organizations have examined the potential, risks, and governance needs of geoengineering, including the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,[4][5][6] the Royal Society,[7] the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),[8] and the World Climate Research Programme.[1]

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

anything but the real issue

[-] pawnfuture@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

These people are dumb as rocks. There are also similar elements in GA like Kandiss Taylor(stupid name) beginning their political careers also proclaiming that Climate Change is fake but also suggesting that unprecedented weather conditions must be the work of external forces presumably also blaming the jews.

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