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Exactly. This is good for PG&E because it can't be blamed for wild fires. The wild fires will still continue to happen only now it will be the set remaining c
by xyzzy21 5y ago
Exactly.
This is good for PG&E because it can't be blamed for wild fires. The wild fires will still continue to happen only now it will be the set remaining causes:
(lightning, car exhaust systems, campers' fires, arsonists, ...)
It's NOT primarily or even remotely Global Warming however. California has a fundamentally dry climate the intrinsically assures wild fires will occur. Expanding in wild fire prone areas is a direct result of real estate booms and costs, which are primarily high for artificial human reasons such as NIMBYism, greed, real estate as investment, etc.
- danans 5y ago> It's NOT primarily or even remotely Global Warming however. California has a fundamentally dry climate the intrinsically assures wild fires will occur. Global warming is an amplifier for wildfire risk, not a cause. The increasing length of the dry season under the influence of global warming has made these sorts of fires that much more likely.
- nomel 5y agoFire is such an ancient and normal part of California that redwoods have evolved to be fireproof, with many local trees and plants having seeds that require fire for germination. [1] [1] https://www.nationalforests.org/our-forests/your-national-forests-magazine/how-trees-survive-and-thrive-after-a-fire https://www.nationalforests.org/our-forests/your-national-fo...
- the_dune_13 5y ago> It's NOT primarily or even remotely Global Warming however. That's for sure an opinion I would love to have more information on.
- thatguy0900 5y agoNative Americans did controlled burns to prevent catastrophic wildfires and encourage new plant growth. Fires in California have been an issue well before man made pollution became a thing.