Re:Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change, Say Govern...
by ceejayoz on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:36AM
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> What I mean to show is that forest fires have gotten immensely better, likely because of technology over the years.
I'm saying they haven't gotten better.
The drop in the 1930s-1950s shown in the wider chart has nothing to do with climate, and little to do with technology. It reflects a misguided change in fire management strategy (put out every fire ASAP), one that is now understood as a bad approach, because it causes build ups of unburnt brush that cause more dangerous, more intense fires.
I'm saying they haven't gotten better.
The drop in the 1930s-1950s shown in the wider chart has nothing to do with climate, and little to do with technology. It reflects a misguided change in fire management strategy (put out every fire ASAP), one that is now understood as a bad approach, because it causes build ups of unburnt brush that cause more dangerous, more intense fires.