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Re: California Wildfires
There's a lot more to these wildfires than even "climate change" and people; the reason they're so bad is because of bad ecological policy.
California's forests are meant to burn–it's part of the natural cycle:
>>Typical chaparral plants include manzanita, ceanothus, chamise, and scrub oak, along with herbs and grasses. This community contains plants that are well-adapted to fire, and some that even encourage fire! After a fire, some chaparral plants sprout, grow, and spread rapidly. Many have heat-resistant seeds that break their dormancy after long intervals between fires. Many species of Ceanothus for example, have leaves that are coated with flammable resins that fuel a fire. This adaptation benefits the species because ceanothus seeds require intense heat for germination. “Fire-resistant” roots also enable the plant to resprout quickly in recently burned areas.
https://www.calfire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/live_w_fire.pdf
The undergrowth here in certain areas is so thick it actually repels wildlife (like deer, who prefer areas where they can see some distance). Some of the plant species that require fires are among the rarest in the world and have special protection–such as manzanitas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzanita
So you have bad policy endangering plants, which are then used as an excuse to regulate even more heavily.
It isn't the effects of climate change: it's just the consequences of stupidity and corruption.