Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean trash

Re:Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean t... by rhacker on Monday August 27, 2018 @12:44PM (#17852527)

In the summer time in various forest towns in California, some of which have had major fires recently... I see probably 20 grass fires a year. All of them start next to the road.

I actually think the perpetrators are not that we have 1000 smokers, there are probably just a few REALLY bad people that don't care. They are also the kind of people that if you started to put up signs about smoking and fires, they would start throwing lit matches out the window.

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Re:Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean t... by labster on Monday August 27, 2018 @01:13PM (#17852771)

Not that I have any sympathy for smokers, but there are a lot of anthropogenic sources of ignition. Cars dragging metal, and hot catalytic converters are a couple. Electric lines that frequently run along roads are another. And campfires and ordinary cooking fires can spark a wildfire; homeless people tend to live near roads and overpasses.

The fact that we don't have more arsonists in California is one thing that gives me faith in humanity.

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Re:Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean t... by rrauenza on Monday August 27, 2018 @01:35PM (#17852921)

The huge California Carr fire was caused by a flat tire ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/california-fire-caused-by-fl...

> [...] The fire was first ignited on July 23, after a trailer's tire blew out and the rim made contact with the pavement, [...]

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