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Waiting for Netflix to produce a TV show to explain that to the people. [And yes, I really mean it. It is not just sarcasm].

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Did you see the first comment on the article?

"How about bioengineering. Look up there are chemical trails being sprayed everyday over the globe. And no uprising. We need to collectively say stop enough is enough. Why does everyone care about global warming and not what’s happening in your skies, believe you me this is part of the warming, part of the fires in country, as these metallic particles lay atop dry mountain grass, the sun came being magnified causing more chances of fires. Not to mention the habitats eating and breathing this in. Everyone is sick all over out country, it is not a coincidence we are all sick. It’s out environment. Its what’s being sprayed above you everyday. Just watch the lines. Please."

I like to assume he is joking, but nothing surprises me anymore!

Someone replied with a gentle "this is not a real thing" response.

Not a joke sadly, just another “Chemtrail” conspiracy theorist. If you really want to dive headfirst into the intersection of the internet and untreated delusional disorders though, google keywords like “Orgone” and “Cloudbusters.”

I just try to remind myself that there are probably no more crazy people today than a few decades ago, it’s just that everyone has an international megaphone today.

Strictly speaking, there are a few billion more people today than a few decades ago. Hence presumably also more crazies.

That isn’t what I meant, but arguably it is what I said, so thanks for the correction.

I know it isn't. But it certainly is a valid consideration re. dying oceans and the whole sorry kaboodle.

The human population of planet Earth has probably slightly more than doubled in my lifetime.

I thought it's not chemical trails but rather aluminum and other materials for reflecting light back into space? Afaik, chemtrails conspiracy people think these small particles are dangerous, but I am not even sure of any program the government runs to do this.

Chasing Coral was a well-made documentary that opened my eyes to some of the scary things happening to our oceans:

http://www.chasingcoral.com/

With some of the entities that you'd expect to take the lead in this absent-without-leave it just might come to that. But it is a pretty sad realization that the likes of Netflix are low looked at to inform the general public about such important topics.

Any distribution medium could be used that way. Newspaper, radio, OTA TV, cable TV. Now that Netflix has more subscribers than cable TV in the USA, they're a pretty serviceable means for getting information out.

Also they tend to have better production values than most PSAs.

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