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Re:A weed is swallowing the Sonoran Desert by kylewatson on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @04:11PM (#35967120)
It is damaging. The Sonoran Desert is home to plants and animals not found anywhere else on earth. The desert is alive. It is not just some sand in between freeways and stucco houses. These plants spread rapidly and cause more frequent and hotter fires than any that the native plants have evolved with. Just because sometimes fire is good for some life forms does not mean all fire is good for all life forms. I can't believe I even have to explain this to someone. Damn. Some of you just want to argue to argue. Go ask chatgpt to argue with you, or ask google maps for directions and then drive somewhere else. leave the rest of us alone. damn.
Re:A weed is swallowing the Sonoran Desert by jakear on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @07:34PM (#35969238)
> ask google maps for directions and then drive somewhere else

Alright that was pretty funny.

For the rest of it, if all you’re going to do is be mad about making the same (unsupported) “the only correct action is that which minimizes dEnvironment/dt” (aka “native=good, introduced=bad”) claim as everyone else, why bother commenting at all?

Re:A weed is swallowing the Sonoran Desert by kylewatson on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:30AM (#35984138)
It's not just that they are native, it's that they are unique to that location. You are not going to get many people - other than the idealogical zealots like you - to agree that things that can eliminate a species from the planet are a good thing. You probably side with the Rhino Poachers too, because the invisible hand of the free market values boner powder.