PG&E to cut power to 800k customers across California early Wednesday morning

Re:PG&E to cut power to 800k customers across California ear... by diafygi on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @07:35AM (#21202147)

Forest fires don't have much of a carbon footprint because all the carbon (e.g. vegetation) is already part of the carbon cycle.

Your carbon footprint is determined by how much carbon you're adding (e.g. burning gas that was previously sequestered deep underground) to the carbon cycle.

I suppose if a bunch of plastic got burned in the forest fire, that would technically be adding a carbon footprint, but it's likely negligible.

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Re:PG&E to cut power to 800k customers across California ear... by 9HZZRfNlpR on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:27PM (#21205512)

Forest fire still releases massive amount at once. Takes 50 yrs to grow back and even then who guarantees its the right amount you have released because of human activity caused fires.

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