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Originally posted by Gmoneycricket
I think I am headed in the right direction here,
just showing that using a conspiracy term like chemtrails
opens one up to ridicule.
But if you just call it pollution,
an accepted term in society,
then it has to be dealt with.
Originally posted by firepilot
would you like laws that prevent planes from crossing the path of another? Or maybe if there was only one jet aircraft allowed in the air at a time over the US?
Originally posted by Gmoneycricket
You can't have an engine burning a petroleum product
to create contrails and make a claim it is only water vapor.
There has to be some exhaust of burned petroleum product
in that contrail.
I am tired of watching the same misguided statement it is
only water vapor.
Originally posted by Off_The_Street
used by the Airbus A330 for the flight
Nothing personal here, brethren but if you want to compare cars to aircraft, why not pick the aircraft with the best fuel economy, highest quality, and handsomest engineers?
Not that I want to mention who sends me a paycheck every two weeks, but it rhymes with "going".
Originally posted by Gmoneycricket You can't have an engine burning a petroleum product to create contrails and make a claim it is only water vapor. There has to be some exhaust of burned petroleum product in that contrail.[/QUOTE]
True. If I said that water vapor is 100.00 percent, I was wrong. But it is quote a bit; and, with CO2,adds up to about in excess of 99.6 percent (based on teh Swissair chart below); ironically, the new high-bypass turbofans you see on jet aircraft today are designed to burn much hotter and more efficiently (cleaner) than the old turbojets of the sixties. I say "ironically" because since they burn hotter, the engines draw in a lot more air (and water vapor) than before and the result is more water vapor coming out and thus larger and more noticeable contrails.
But what's the difference? If there are some combustion byproducts coming out of the aircraft, that doesn't add or dimish to the fact that the contrails themselves are almost completely ice-cryastals, nor does it detract from the fact that contrail persistence is a function of ambient temperature and relative humidity, not because of a Secret Nefarious Plot by TPTB.
Gmoneycricket sez: I am tired of watching the same misguided statement it is only water vapor.
I understand your point. We should be more accurate when we toss around terms like "all" or "none". "Almost all" or "'almost none" would be more accurate.
But how do you suppose aviation professionals and engineers feel when they hear the "If it persists, it's a 'chem-trail!' mantra? That particular piece of theology is made up of whole cloth and has been repeated so long that it has taken a life of its own. Indeed, it is one of the baseline foundations of the entire "chem-trail" religion -- and it is demonstrably wrong.
Finally -- and not to arouse your ire -- I still don't understand why you are advising other people to ignore any views on this subject but your own. Would you explain that to us?edit on 3-11-2011 by Off_The_Street because: I had to re-do the math.
Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by firepilot
would you like laws that prevent planes from crossing the path of another? Or maybe if there was only one jet aircraft allowed in the air at a time over the US?
That's your debate?
That isn't even the subject of discussion.
Originally posted by Gmoneycricket
You can't have an engine burning a petroleum product
to create contrails and make a claim it is only water vapor.
There has to be some exhaust of burned petroleum product
in that contrail.
I am tired of watching the same misguided statement it is
only water vapor.