"14 of the 20 most destructive fires in [California] have been since 2000, along with 15 of the 20 largest by acreage" -- Axios.
Are there factors besides climate change intensifying this? Population? Development?
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Is the stat adjusted for obvious stuff like inflation and relative risk?
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Water isn’t an issue. It’s 60% agriculture use. Direct human use is small fraction.
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Putting out previous fires successfully. Creating a giant pile of fuel in a 4 year draught.
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The second civil war will be fought with fire, not with bullets.
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A combination of development in the urban/rural interface, as already mentioned, and a century of misguided wildfire suppression.







