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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
But that is generally the problem with climate change. It's an accelerant and multiplier.
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Qualifier; I believe in climate change, I think its insanely common sense, and I think the last few thousand years have been a climate stability aberration that will cease, or probably already has ceased to exist.
That aside.
Climate change has been worn out by well meaning but misguided people.
Folks are tuning out when the only attributable cause to everything is always climate change.
Why is there an increase in fires;
1. Human development encroaching on more and more fire prone areas.
2. Increased human activity in the woods. Population growth.
3. Poor forest management, lack of small fires for decades, and poor clean up have left too much material to burn, and allow it to burn too hot
4. Climate change is causing drier and drier conditions that promote hotter and faster spreading fires
So is climate change contributing? Zero doubt in my mind.
But there is also a lot we can do long before we start talking about climate change when it comes to this particular instance.