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We are having massive forest fires all across the country every summer, something I do not recall as a child. The west (everything west of Ontario) is in a mass
by voisin 3y ago
We are having massive forest fires all across the country every summer, something I do not recall as a child. The west (everything west of Ontario) is in a massive drought. The east is getting tornados and flooding and the impacts of increasing hurricanes coming from the south.
- COGlory 3y agoThe forest fires are because you don't recall them as a child. Forests need to burn, that's the natural order of things for millions and millions of years. That's why redwoods are fire retardant. It's why eucalyptus trees need fire to grow. Only when us dumb humans started putting them out all the time did it become such a big problem. Now there's far more flammable material in a forest to burn than there would have been if we allowed periodic fires, so when they do occur, it's insane. Global warm is real and has real effect, but people need to stop attributing absolutely everything to it.
- raydev 3y ago> The forest fires are because you don't recall them as a child. Forests need to burn, that's the natural order of things for millions and millions of years This doesn't apply to many of the wildfires farther north in Canada, because no lives there in the first place. Historically the year-round moisture has made the trees "fire retardant". Now they can experience thunderstorms and burn for weeks and cover NYC in a blanket of smoke.