Written by Laurence Greenbank
California wild fires are another story. The western US and Canada has been getting dryer (not hotter) for at least 500 years. (SoCal used to be a rain forest 6,000 years ago.) Man’s contribution to earth’s temperature rise is very small, But the increased CO2 in earth’s atmosphere does have a measurable affect on plants. They grow faster and more massive. The difference is especially significant in arid regions. Satellite photos show remarkable “greening effect” in semi-arid regions everywhere around the world. I have noticed in the canyons I hike something like double the woody desert scrub fuel, just in the last 13 years I have lived here.
So increased population has almost eliminated natural wild fires and all ranching. Pictures of San Diego 100 years ago show mostly grassland. That, combined with ZERO, I repeat ZERO, forest management fuel these fires. In Oregon, which is dry, The Bureau of Land Management (which seems to control over 90% of Oregon) has cleaned out all the low lying wood in vast areas around any towns.
California has zero land management and has built zero reservoirs since the 1970s. But they claim to be environmentally concerned. Libs are crazy. Libs drive sane people crazy. They are an “apocalyptic” infestation.