Estela: what spraying the sky would cost and who would pay
How much would it cost to run a chemical spraying program on an atmospheric scale? The question breaks the conspiracy narrative: if the goal were to poison the population, aerial dispersion would be inefficient and hugely expensive compared with water or food. Far from being settled, the debate over estela runs into an economic hurdle that is hard to overcome.
The poisoning business: pharmaceutical companies as the payers
The most elaborate theory points to a pact among big pharmaceutical companies to fund the release of aluminium, barium, strontium and lime into the atmosphere. The goal: generate chronic diseases that boost their bottom line. The calculation is simple, its defenders say: the cost of dispersion is lower than the profit from the increase in patients. A thesis that, they admit, sounds like a conspiracy, but rests on the logic of corporate profit.
Costs that don't add up
The rebuttal comes from the most basic economics: dispersing substances on an atmospheric scale requires enormous quantities, with huge losses from drift and dilution. It would be far cheaper and more effective to add them to drinking water or the food chain. Why choose the most expensive method? The question undermines the pharmaceutical conspiracy hypothesis, at least in its simplest version. The logistical cost of spraying the sky (planes, fuel, maintenance) would far exceed any savings in drug production.
Home remedies versus medical silence
Among those who accept the premise of deliberate poisoning, some recommend natural chelators such as chlorella, coriander or radishes. The paradox: conventional medicine, including Spain's public health system (Seguridad Social), offers neither diagnosis nor treatment for heavy metal accumulation. For its defenders, this reinforces the cover-up thesis. For skeptics, it is just another symptom of the lack of scientific evidence.
As long as no empirical data emerge confirming the composition of the chemical trails, the debate boils down to a clash of economies: the cost of killing versus the cost of curing. For now, the numbers don't add up.
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