it's the end of the world as we know it and I don't feel fine

Clodfobble · 09-09-2020, 04:35 PM

Thing is, it actually should have been the norm (or close to it) for the last hundred years or so. I just read a great in-depth article about how the west coast ecology is supposed to burn--there are literal plants that have evolved to only sprout after going through a fire season--and we know this, but because 1.) fire suppression is big business and 2.) residents always fight against controlled burns because they make the air a little smoggy for a few days, the fuel surplus is now well beyond control. California burns 20,000 acres a year, when they should be burning a million in order to keep the ecology in balance. That deficit has been building and building, and one way or another, it's all going to burn off eventually.

Flint · 09-09-2020, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Thing is, it actually should have been the norm (or close to it) for the last hundred years or so. I just read a great in-depth article about how the west coast ecology is supposed to burn--there are literal plants that have evolved to only sprout after going through a fire season--and we know this, but because 1.) fire suppression is big business and 2.) residents always fight against controlled burns because they make the air a little smoggy for a few days, the fuel surplus is now well beyond control. California burns 20,000 acres a year, when they should be burning a million in order to keep the ecology in balance. That deficit has been building and building, and one way or another, it's all going to burn off eventually.

The Native Americans knew this, they tried to tell us we needed to do controlled burns.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-09-2020, 08:41 PM

Indians burned the prairies so the Buffalo would have fresh grass.

A guy in San Francisco said today the day sky was orange and a lot of soot was falling but couldn't smell it.
Another guy near Portland said orange sky and strong smell but no soot.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Indians burned the prairies so the Buffalo would have fresh grass. A guy in San Francisco said today the day sky was orange and a lot of soot was falling but couldn't smell it. Another guy near Portland said orange sky and strong smell but no soot. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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