The recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area are devastating. I’ve just learned that the home and belongings of a local friend’s son, a resident of L.A., were completely destroyed last week.
It is not "climate change" that is causing destructive wild fires in California. It is a combination of seasonally high winds, desert-like natural environment, over building, lack of forest management, and not using engineering to bring water from Northern California to the driest areas. As far as future mitigation goes, how about building some new reservoirs with larger capacities so hydrants, sprinkler systems, and firetrucks don't run dry in 10 hours? How about allowing homeowners to irrigate their properties so they aren't all tinderboxes? How about creating buffer zones around populated areas?
If "climate change" is indeed the cause, which is highly doubtful, then these suggested steps should be taken because fires in the future are likely to increase. But the last thing we should do is turn to windmills, electric vehicles, and solar power to "solve" climate change. The rest of the developing world is going to burn fossil fuels for the next 100 years so the short-sighted steps taken by the Biden administration would have made virtually zero difference in worldwide temperatures in the coming decades.
G, it's difficult to believe anyone could seriously be so unaware of how climate change has affected the area. All the things you mention are secondary to the drought conditions climate change has brought on the area.
Are you really so misinformed you think there's an unlimited supply of water in the Western US? Do yourself a favor and do some research on the fight over water rights.
I'm not going to waste my time explaining to yet another misinformed right-winger why the MAGA claims you parrot are ridiculous, get on the Internet and find out the truth instead of settling for Trump's lies.
Again you seem to think that the rest of the world is going to keep barreling forth as stupidly as Trump would have us do, and therefore that makes it okay for us to do so. Sure, India and China probably will continue doing what they're doing. That doesn't make it okay for us to do it too. How you figure the last thing we should do is act like responsible stewards of our planet is beyond me. Limiting the harmful effects of burning fossil fuels is the single most important step to mitigating these environmental catastrophes. Not doing it invites more of them.
Many countries are joining in this fight, so saying we should act like the dumbest, most selfish ones is, well, dumb and selfish. A pretty good description of Trump, but not the course we should chart.
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It is not "climate change" that is causing destructive wild fires in California. It is a combination of seasonally high winds, desert-like natural environment, over building, lack of forest management, and not using engineering to bring water from Northern California to the driest areas. As far as future mitigation goes, how about building some new reservoirs with larger capacities so hydrants, sprinkler systems, and firetrucks don't run dry in 10 hours? How about allowing homeowners to irrigate their properties so they aren't all tinderboxes? How about creating buffer zones around populated areas?
If "climate change" is indeed the cause, which is highly doubtful, then these suggested steps should be taken because fires in the future are likely to increase. But the last thing we should do is turn to windmills, electric vehicles, and solar power to "solve" climate change. The rest of the developing world is going to burn fossil fuels for the next 100 years so the short-sighted steps taken by the Biden administration would have made virtually zero difference in worldwide temperatures in the coming decades.
G, it's difficult to believe anyone could seriously be so unaware of how climate change has affected the area. All the things you mention are secondary to the drought conditions climate change has brought on the area.
Are you really so misinformed you think there's an unlimited supply of water in the Western US? Do yourself a favor and do some research on the fight over water rights.
I'm not going to waste my time explaining to yet another misinformed right-winger why the MAGA claims you parrot are ridiculous, get on the Internet and find out the truth instead of settling for Trump's lies.
Again you seem to think that the rest of the world is going to keep barreling forth as stupidly as Trump would have us do, and therefore that makes it okay for us to do so. Sure, India and China probably will continue doing what they're doing. That doesn't make it okay for us to do it too. How you figure the last thing we should do is act like responsible stewards of our planet is beyond me. Limiting the harmful effects of burning fossil fuels is the single most important step to mitigating these environmental catastrophes. Not doing it invites more of them.
Many countries are joining in this fight, so saying we should act like the dumbest, most selfish ones is, well, dumb and selfish. A pretty good description of Trump, but not the course we should chart.
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