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>Lately I've been hearing it like it's some kind of new discovery. I guess it is to some people. Every time there is a wildfire in California they want to use
by Clubber 3y ago
>Lately I've been hearing it like it's some kind of new discovery.
I guess it is to some people. Every time there is a wildfire in California they want to use GW as a scapegoat. That might be part of it, but really they just don't do controlled burns; why I don't know. I think the "eureka" is for politicians to save face.
The Indians were doing controlled burns well before the Europeans landed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn
- cultureswitch 3y agoWildfire damage has very little to do with global warming. Spain and Greece have very similar, extremely fire-prone climates yet Greece spectacularly burns every year whilst Spain just manages its forests with regular controlled burns and artificial clearings.
- karaterobot 3y agoI assume that anybody who had a lot of land would figure this out pretty quickly. Certainly in the era where many generations grew up on large pieces of managed land surrounded by unmanaged wilderness (which is to say, most of history), you'd expect people to notice the difference. There's so much received wisdom about agriculture that comes down through the centuries, and this basic fact about forestry is (supposedly) a 21st century discovery?
- mistrial9 3y agoin California, it takes 2 years+ and $15,000+ to submit a plan to change the forests on your land, including controlled burn permits.. last I knew
- jaredhallen 3y agoI think part of the reason it's not as prevalent as it once was is just because there's so much stuff out there these days that we don't want to burn. It's not as easy as it used to be.