Posted by warbaby on August 07, 2021 at 17:39:42 from (24.247.205.221):
In Reply to: Re: Wildfires? posted by wingnuttx on August 07, 2021 at 16:49:56:
Yeah, the right-wingers have been trying to claim its all the work of arsonists for awhile now. They fantasize that those wacky Tree Huggers go into the forest and start forest fires so...they...can.... ? Well, I guess they never think that far ahead in their head-long rush to embrace another another crack-pot conspiracy. Of course theyre wrong, but sure, there are arsonists afoot and sometimes they do create a major fire, but they are a relatively minor cause of forest fires these days, roughly 10%.
Admittedly, its all relative. If your house is burned down by an arsonist's fire, its going to be little comfort that it was a fairly scarce happening.
Humans do account for about 95% of the reasons for fires (Careless brush burning, power lines, vehicles, and that modern twist, the Gender Reveal Party...), but arson, as a intentional ignition source of forest fires, was actually a bigger problem decades ago than it is now.
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