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.
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“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.”
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,”
So carbon dioxide? Guess we better shut down the coal power plants. MTG says so!
Alas “express purpose” is in there. Clearly the express purpose for petrol companies is profit. And CO2, other pollutants are just inadvertent things that happened on the way to (destroying the planet for) profit. I mean they only sold the petrol products, they didn’t force people that purchased the gasoline to burn it. Maybe we can go after the combustion engine producers?
So one could say they hobby at creating potassium iodide, but its expensive to pay to dispose of, so I dump it out of the back of an aircraft that was hired. There was no intention of actually seeding the clouds and making it rain, right?
So it would affect research like this https://research.noaa.gov/injecting-light-reflecting-particles-into-the-stratosphere-could-also-make-marine-clouds-brighter/
All pollution?!? Make all pollution illegal?!?!?
That’s what it is, right?
Felony to operate your air conditioner. Awesome
injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity,
I’m sure I’ve seen MTG breathing on her hands in cold weather, which falls into the above perfectly.
If this unintentionally regulates greenhouse gas emissions I’m going to laugh so hard.
Express purpose probably saves them. The express purpose is to vent externalities
It would be beautiful if this dimwit bumbled her way into making the world a better place…but we’re probably in the wrong timeline for that
Maybe they’ll unintentionally outlaw pollution like when the Republicans accidentally legalized cannabis in 2018
Sadly, all it will take is some CEO to publicly state “I didn’t intend to pollute the environment. I dumped dangerous chemicals into nature because I wanted more money. Yes, I knew my actions would modify the weather, as this legislation states. But that was not my express purpose. My purpose was to be able to afford my 17th yacht so my peers would accept me.”
Perfectly legal.
I haven’t read the article or comments yet. Just the post title. I am afraid of the amount of brain cells I am about to lose. I’m going in, will update in a moment.
Edit: what the fuck did I just read. A new bill to stop a conspiracy theory? MTG is dumb as a stone and I can’t comprehend how she is still in office
MTG is dumb as a stone and I can’t comprehend how she is still in office
Her voters are dumber than she is.
That’s how she is still in office.
Could the bill be used to base measures on that help combat climate change? Sometimes idiots are actually useful.
Could it? Possibly. Would it? Probably not. At least not with big daddi T/ republicans in office. They deny the effects of pollutants in the atmosphere so there is no weather modification taking place (according to them). Considering that trump is taking away tax credits for solar and wind and is increasing leasing and tax credits for oil, gas, and coal industries I don’t think this bill will provide much benefit for the climate
Does this make “Rollin’ coal” illegal?
This is performative ignorance, to please the home schooled bible toting cretins who vote.
Right, it makes more sense
Misting fans are now a felony
AC units blackmarket about to blow up
All this is gonna stop is cloud seeding, since that is literally the only way in which we manipulate the weather.
Well… On purpose, I mean. If this has the side effect of outlawing all greenhouse emissions because it’s altering the weather in form of making shit hotter, that’s a win.
Edit: Also I am reminded of the time some PR lady for HAARP said the array can manipulate the weather because, technically, it could punch a hole in clouds directly above it. Which I thought was just stupid, even as a joke, because they were trying to squash the rumors that it was some kind of hurricane machine.
You know it ain’t. This is her trying to ban some conspiracy theory non existent weather device, just like the space laser she was crying about a couple years ago.
What’s the worst that can happen, farmers face droughts and companies can’t allow relief due to legality so the crops just die and we have food shortages? I mean that just hurts the farmers and the non-rich… So no fucks they will give
I’ll rotfl my mao off when this law will turn out to accidentally punish fossil fuel and chemical companies dispersing chemicals or substances into the atmosphere and altering weather, also known as climate change.
Laws aren’t auto-enforcing magic. Any time that fossil fuel companies violate this stupid law (written for purely performative reasons) it simply wouldn’t be enforced.
Similarly, if the law allows for civil action, a multitude of reasons would be conjured on demand explaining why the lawsuit couldn’t move forward against fossil fuel companies. If it managed to move through district courts, it would simply wind up on the supreme court docket and they would again conjure up some reasons why the suit was invalid.
You just know they won’t touch those companies because how else are they gonna get their bribe money?
I bet some megaMAGAmorons will embark on a quest to prove their nonsense right… and in the end find out it was the same companies that polluted the air, water and soil whos CEOs are buddybuddy with their beloved leader…
All the fucking stupidest people. Every goddamn idiotic conspiracy theory is getting a pipeline straight to mainstream news outlets and a rep in government now. Instead of some stupid Bircher literature or having to stand out on the street and screech nonsense at passerby who could just ignore the crazy people…
I am seriously wondering when the moon landing denialists and the flat earth morons and the HIV-denialists will get their day of representation, too.
We already have the anti-vaxxer dumbfucks, the Qanon loons, the evolution-denying dipshits, what else is missing…? How about David Icke level bullshit about lizard people?
JFC.
I am seriously wondering when the moon landing denialists and the flat earth morons and the HIV-denialists will get their day of representation, too.
What is it about this current admin, and the secretary of HHS that makes you think that today isn’t already that day?
Well, I mean, literally getting that representation on that particular issue. Like when Marge is repping the HAARP and chemtrail type of nuts.
These aren’t serious people.
They’re decreasing the food, so they gotta increase the circus
We dont live in a serious nation.
Are they literally just laying the groundwork to frame Democrats for weather modifications so they can blame all of climate change on us and create a modern day witch hunt? Seriously? How the fuck is anyone stupid enough to believe this shit?
How the fuck is anyone stupid enough to believe this shit?
The American “education” system… that’s how. Conservatives paid good money over the decades to build this level of general stupidity.
The only “weather modification machines” are fossil fuel powered energy plants. We should join together with MTG to outlaw them.
I mean, technically we’ve been playing around with cloud seeding and such which is about the only thing I can think of that would even come close to what she is talking about. But it’s by no means a common occurrence.
I thought she’d prioritize dealing with sharknado attacks but there we have it.
Immigrantnado!
The new conservative horror film
You’re a genious. That is hilarious and my only upset is that I didn’t think of it myself.
So glad we handed over all levers of power to these morons.
