Mike Solana

A Stanford study from this year yet again found that controlled burns work but are stymied by politicians like Newsom https://news.stanford.edu/press-releases/2020/01/20/setting-fires-avoid-fires/ …

Not just controlled burning. Veg treatment is an important tool as well. That said, science supports that both are factors. Climate change is resulting in longer burn seasons and extremely dry fuel conditions are more common.

I see no scientific difference between the people who say "duh climate change can't exist bc it's snowing" and "climate change is why we can't deal with wildfires" Maybe can make some claims about increased freq, but no controlled burns and not putting out small fires seems big

@pyrogeog do you agree with this? (i know nothing, genuinely curious if experts agree that controlled burns would be meaningful)

Just pour water in the fire areas every week for 1 hr & youre goos i think or water ballons in the forest

Is there any even halfway respectable scientist who thinks the effects of climate change would be significant and noticeable from year to year?

Anytime a politician starts pontificating I start to look to see what he’s spinning. But then politicians are always spinning. Oh but also politicians are always pontificating too!