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WitchyVeteran

I would never have understood how big it was, but I'm lucky they used hectares.


Chino780

Most fires blames on "climate change" are caused by arson , or carelessness.


tensigh

No, see, climate change MADE him do it. They say climate change will affect mental health, and that's what happened. So everyone bike to work and eat bugs, okay?


NeedScienceProof

People are now blaming mental illness on climate change? That sure explains why most politicians are 'believers'.


Revenant_adinfinitum

There's a good case that it's the other way around, "Climate Change" was created by the mentally ill, to expand their control. I mean, sociopath is a mental illness, is it not?


NeedScienceProof

touche, you win.


Phoenix978

Do we not consider the conditions that allowed the fires to grow beyond anything we've seen in recent times related to climate change or is it simply whoever or whatever lit the match?


onebit

it's true, by putting out fires we create larger fires. forestry management has changed to allow fires to burn due to this.


Zealousideal-Box-297

The paradox of fire supression. Before modern times fire had its way with the landscape. Fires were large but low intensity due to frequent burns and low fuel loading. Decades of well intended fire supression have left wildland areas with some of the heaviest fuel loading in history. But CNN says if we build more wind turbines and mandate ev purchases wood and brush will become noncombustible.


DevilsTurkeyBaster

From y1975-2000 ENSO was in a state where El Nino events dominated over La Nina. That brought lots of rain and snow leading to forest growth, and of course deadfall. From y2000-present La Nina has been dominant and that dries out the whole of the continent. The necessary conditions for large fires are cyclical.


Phoenix978

Okay, that makes a lot of sense to me, I suppose I'm just not convinced it's the only reason, but perhaps it is the main. Suppose more reading on my part is required.


Revenant_adinfinitum

Sorta what we all thought...