# Chemtrails

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemtrails/634385>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 11, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemtrails/634385 "2012-09-11T10:44:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![mugaliens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mugaliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mugaliens)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemtrails/634385/58 "2013-04-21T04:28:14Z")

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> [@White SIFL](#):
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> So basically, if I’m understanding you correctly, you’re saying chemtrails aren’t real?

In a word, yes. 🙂

> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> The tin foil hat reference was a joke. From [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil_hat)

I’m aware of the tin foil hat snark. 🙂 Doesn’t hurt to respond with a straight face once in a while!

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> I have to say I’m impressed by the latest posts. Usually when a new person posts such a long reply – indeed, _two_ long replies – the person is nutter coming in to defend the crazy idea. It’s kind of nice to see someone so offended by the lunacy, he signs up and posts a long reply to debunk it.

Thank you! I’ve been meaning to run the numbers for a while, now. Finding this site was a good excuse to do it.

Finding this site was also a nice highlight to a good week for me! It’s nice finding a site where people are willing to dig for the facts instead of pass along rhetoric as if it were fact.

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> One thing though: I’d like to see a citation that says jet fuel is a mixture of kerosene and gasoline. I’ve never heard that jet fuel contained gasoline, and have always considered it basically kerosene. (Of course, I’m a non-turbine pilot; so I haven’t given it _that_ much thought.)

[Here’s](http://www.nkemchipetroleumpty.com/jet-fuel.htm) a reference from a supplier of a wide variety of petroleum products, indicating the addition of gasoline in Jet Fuel.

[Here’s](http://www.alglas.com/jet_fuel.htm) a reference from Alglas, a manufacturer of some of the cleaning additives used in aviation fuels.

> [@friedo](#):
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> Thanks for the posts, **mugaliens**. Great analysis.

Thank you! My pleasure. 🙂

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