Liberal Rag Mother Jones Predicted California Fires

[Shrimpbox]

You know for sure that your environmental policies are wacky when Mother Jones disagrees with you. Trump is, has been, and will always be right.

“We have 100 years of fire suppression that has led to this huge accumulation of fuel loads, just dead and downed debris from trees and plant material in our forests, and in our woodlands,” says Berleman. “As a result of that, our forests and woodlands are not healthy, and we’re getting more catastrophic fire behavior than we would otherwise.”

"Addressing the problem will require a revolution in land management and in people’s relationship with fire"

"Native Americans used fire for thousands of years to manage forests and grasslands and protect their villages. Tribes regularly burned California’s oak woodlands, for instance, to remove underbrush and fight pests. It helped them spot prey more easily, keep weevils out of the acorns they gathered for food, and safeguard their homes from wildfire."

A century of fire suppression is why California is in flames

Funny how that happens:

Further complicating the picture is climate change—the major factor behind the longer fire seasons and bigger fires. This creates a feedback loop, where megafires exacerbate climate change, which then encourages even bigger wildfires. One study found that from 1984 to 2015, climate change doubled the area burned by wildfires across the West, compared to what would have burned without climate change. As the globe keeps warming, scientists expect forests to continue getting warmer, drier and more flammable. Unless people reduce greenhouse gas emissions, climate change will significantly increase the frequency of wildfires. One study projected that if fossil fuels remain the dominant source of global energy and greenhouse gas emissions keep rising, by 2085 the acreage burned by fire in California will increase one-third to three-fourths.​

Fake science. We are going to take a 35 year snippet and extrapolate that as climate change with no accounting for changes in forest management during this period. Please cite the study.

 

[Nosmo King]

You know for sure that your environmental policies are wacky when Mother Jones disagrees with you. Trump is, has been, and will always be right.

“We have 100 years of fire suppression that has led to this huge accumulation of fuel loads, just dead and downed debris from trees and plant material in our forests, and in our woodlands,” says Berleman. “As a result of that, our forests and woodlands are not healthy, and we’re getting more catastrophic fire behavior than we would otherwise.”

"Addressing the problem will require a revolution in land management and in people’s relationship with fire"

"Native Americans used fire for thousands of years to manage forests and grasslands and protect their villages. Tribes regularly burned California’s oak woodlands, for instance, to remove underbrush and fight pests. It helped them spot prey more easily, keep weevils out of the acorns they gathered for food, and safeguard their homes from wildfire."

A century of fire suppression is why California is in flames

Funny how that happens:

Further complicating the picture is climate change—the major factor behind the longer fire seasons and bigger fires. This creates a feedback loop, where megafires exacerbate climate change, which then encourages even bigger wildfires. One study found that from 1984 to 2015, climate change doubled the area burned by wildfires across the West, compared to what would have burned without climate change. As the globe keeps warming, scientists expect forests to continue getting warmer, drier and more flammable. Unless people reduce greenhouse gas emissions, climate change will significantly increase the frequency of wildfires. One study projected that if fossil fuels remain the dominant source of global energy and greenhouse gas emissions keep rising, by 2085 the acreage burned by fire in California will increase one-third to three-fourths.​

But California is 110% climate change-compliant. No other state has the strictest laws which force the reduction of "greenhouse gasses".

Sorta like the states which enacted the strictest gun laws, also have the highest murder rates. Get what I mean?

Specious logic

It sure as hell isn't burning here. We're having a normal Fall/Winter with temperatures in the teen and a light snowfall.

Bully for you. It doesn't make that stupid argument any truer.