I’m curious about the jet plane conspiracy. How do they think jets fly if not by burning fuel?
It’s been a long time since I saw the video that was posted about that one, but what I recall is that they were saying something like jet engines run on compressed air, or something like that. They were inadvertently right on top of half of the truth, but had it scrambled up somehow to where they seemed to believe that just the air that was passing through the engine was the source of propulsion. It seemed like somewhere along the line they had heard about jet engines compressing the air, and perhaps high-bypass engines generating most of their thrust from air that bypasses the burner section, but didn’t understand any of it and twisted it into “Jet engines don’t burn fuel for thrust.” It was really bizarre.
And, like with all good conspiracy theories, they were adamant that this “truth” was being hidden from the public. Of course, the one question about conspiracy theories that the proponents never think to ask is, “Why?” If jet engines don’t burn fuel, then what possible motive would anyone have for keeping that secret? They never think about the obvious questions, including in this case the question of how an engine that used no fuel could possibly work.