Question for Reason: who runs California? Democrats have EVERY single state wide office and also a super majority in the legislature. And so if fires are greater than ever, often sparked by utility lines run by Democrats, who would be responsible for preventing fires in the first place?
And I have NEVER “denied climate change”. Only simpletons can’t tell the difference between informed and reasoned (pun) thinking and blind religion. I know more about Climate Change than you do by about a factor of 10. (But you probably virtue signal your goodness with your friends all the time without ever having to have a discussion about what we really should do about climate change.)
IJ shuts down the comment sections when clowns make dishonest ad hominem attacks without adding anything to the conversation.
I don’t think any CA fires this year have been started by utility lines. They have mostly been started by 110+ degree temperatures coupled with unprecedented lightning storms, as well as idiotic humans doing things like pyrotechnic gender reveals.
It will take bipartisan efforts and cooperation to keep this from happening more in the future, but I fear it is too late to change much of it and have little faith in any governmental body. I don’t agree with much of CA’s approach to mitigating wildfires or our slew of other growing issues, but I don’t see every single issue as Right vs. Left, because THAT is for simpletons.
Since you don’t deny Climate Change and know more about it than I do by about a factor of 10, please enlighten me on what we should do to make a real difference.
Dude. The adjacent article on Insurance Journal about California fires specifically identified utility lines as one of the causes.
So don’t try to slam me when you don’t know what you are talking about.
And what we should do? Simple: widespread clean nuclear energy now. I mean, that is what we should do if you think it is an “existential” threat. Because NOTHING else works to generate enough electricity while being carbon neutral. Wind and solar are sad, over-subsidized jokes for people who read about this stuff. See California.
Lots of other solutions are coming. But not for a while. We can wait if you don’t think it is urgent.
Meanwhile, you keep talking about “bipartisan” efforts while you are calling thinking people “deniers”. Let me know how that works out for you.
Dude…it cites utility lines are a potential cause in high winds and they were considering blackouts, but I don’t think any of our current fires (not the larger ones at least – we have too many to keep track right now) are believed to be caused by power lines. It’s mostly been insane weather and fools and arsonists. Not saying power lines are not an issue, but you act like such a douche about everything that I have to correct you.
I actually agree with you on nuclear, despite your baseless assumptions about me. It’s a start…and we don’t have time to waste.
September 10, 2020 at 3:48 pm
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High temps do not START fires. They might cause vegetation to dry up but it doesn’t start fires.
I never claimed that they did. Current fires were mostly caused by the thousands of lightning strikes throughout the state COUPLED with the extreme high temperatures. I’ve lived here almost 40 years and never seen weather like we had in August.
In before Craig comes in blaming Democrats / denying climate change and IJ shuts down the comments section.
Question for Reason: who runs California? Democrats have EVERY single state wide office and also a super majority in the legislature. And so if fires are greater than ever, often sparked by utility lines run by Democrats, who would be responsible for preventing fires in the first place?
And I have NEVER “denied climate change”. Only simpletons can’t tell the difference between informed and reasoned (pun) thinking and blind religion. I know more about Climate Change than you do by about a factor of 10. (But you probably virtue signal your goodness with your friends all the time without ever having to have a discussion about what we really should do about climate change.)
IJ shuts down the comment sections when clowns make dishonest ad hominem attacks without adding anything to the conversation.
Mirror for Reason anyone?
I don’t think any CA fires this year have been started by utility lines. They have mostly been started by 110+ degree temperatures coupled with unprecedented lightning storms, as well as idiotic humans doing things like pyrotechnic gender reveals.
It will take bipartisan efforts and cooperation to keep this from happening more in the future, but I fear it is too late to change much of it and have little faith in any governmental body. I don’t agree with much of CA’s approach to mitigating wildfires or our slew of other growing issues, but I don’t see every single issue as Right vs. Left, because THAT is for simpletons.
Since you don’t deny Climate Change and know more about it than I do by about a factor of 10, please enlighten me on what we should do to make a real difference.
Dude. The adjacent article on Insurance Journal about California fires specifically identified utility lines as one of the causes.
So don’t try to slam me when you don’t know what you are talking about.
And what we should do? Simple: widespread clean nuclear energy now. I mean, that is what we should do if you think it is an “existential” threat. Because NOTHING else works to generate enough electricity while being carbon neutral. Wind and solar are sad, over-subsidized jokes for people who read about this stuff. See California.
Lots of other solutions are coming. But not for a while. We can wait if you don’t think it is urgent.
Meanwhile, you keep talking about “bipartisan” efforts while you are calling thinking people “deniers”. Let me know how that works out for you.
Dude…it cites utility lines are a potential cause in high winds and they were considering blackouts, but I don’t think any of our current fires (not the larger ones at least – we have too many to keep track right now) are believed to be caused by power lines. It’s mostly been insane weather and fools and arsonists. Not saying power lines are not an issue, but you act like such a douche about everything that I have to correct you.
I actually agree with you on nuclear, despite your baseless assumptions about me. It’s a start…and we don’t have time to waste.
High temps do not START fires. They might cause vegetation to dry up but it doesn’t start fires.
I never claimed that they did. Current fires were mostly caused by the thousands of lightning strikes throughout the state COUPLED with the extreme high temperatures. I’ve lived here almost 40 years and never seen weather like we had in August.