Industrial Smokestack Clouds Seriously Affecting our Climate

So you are driving down the highway, and you spot those refineries, factories, or power plants, constantly spewing enormous clouds into the air on a daily basis. Not affecting our climate, or are they? Ever wonder what happens to those aerosol plumes when the air pressure and temperature changes - you guessed it - instantaneous cloud formation. So much for those sunny bright blue skies - instead our sky is littered with a thick blanket of whitish gray cloud mass. It is quite surprising that there are so many studies lacking in this area - how factory and power plant aerosols affect our climate and precipitation patterns. 

Take a look at some of these photos, and it instantly becomes obvious. If you are ever in Edmonton driving on the east side of Anthony-Henday, before passing by the Suncor and Enbridge sites, switch your air intake (to circulate internally) and after some time, switch to external air intake and you will notice the difference in smell. These aerosols are loaded with nasty pollutants and chemicals and make you wonder what the lung cancer rates are like for some people living close to these areas long-term. 

In this photo, you can spot the factory aerosols being released into the sky (far right), as they drift far left into a plume, while the lighter aerosols drift higher up forming those anomalous clouds

And the weather channel would have you believe that these clouds are formed naturally? From a distance, these are clouds formed from the Suncor and Enbridge facilities and refinery plants.

Got clouds? What would have been a beautiful sunny day is now shrouded in clouds, especially if you live in the north east. Driving to the south of these clouds, we noticed that the sun was visible.

We had our videographer shoot this small footage, while the driver passes by the Enbridge and Suncor sites.

Just imagine how many clouds are formed on a daily basis and then sent along the drifts of wind, where they accumulate and snow or rain down on nearby cities (as shown in radar - ground-based precipitation.)

Just some more aerosol madness blocking out the sun in these areas.

The massive aerosols spewing out from a distance.

This day, in a neighborhood that was north east, you could see the massive amounts of clouds being formed overhead, which later trickled down some snow in the area.