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One can also, I don’t know, institute proper forest/infrastructure management and avoid runaway fires like that

• ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
  When I lived in Africa, they used to have controlled grassland fires, every year. I remember driving past one of these, and my mother explained the concept to me. On Long Island (where I live), we have the Pine Barrens. These are areas of scrub and pitch pine trees, in a sandy soil. They require occasional fires, in order to reproduce (opens the cones, and fertilizes the soil). Back in the early 1990s, we had a pretty major wildfire, because they had not been doing controlled burns. I think New Jersey suffered something similar, around the same time. Since then, I hear they do controlled burns. I have seen no "controlled burns" of the bloat that infests the tech industry, so this is likely to be a fairly significant wildfire.
  • dilyevsky 4y ago
    In silicon valley we dont do those, we just let it rip
    • genocidicbunny 4y ago
      Largely mirroring CA's apparent fire management policy as well.