spurgeonryan said:
sethnintendo said:
Fire is a natural process and the recent fires have only proved that fires need to happen more often. The more you put out fires the more kindlings (dead trees / plant material) builds up. Most places need to burn every 5-10 years. The problem with humans is that they think fire is bad. Fire is actually the best thing that can happen to the environment. First weeds move in, then grasses, then shrubs, then trees. It is the natural progress of plant life. Shrub lands (a lot of California) and grasslands need to burn every few years. If not then you get a lot of invasive species like Juniper (which most people in Texas call Cedar). This turns your grasslands into shrub lands.
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Native Americans in Washington used to burn the praires to keep the woods at bay.
There are still controlled burns all the time. Sometimes they get out of control.
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Controlled burning only become a recent ideology. The most persuasive ideology was to put fires out as soon as they happen. Why do you think the Colorado fire is so big? I bet because they put out smaller fires beforehand. Put out the small fires as much as you can but eventually you will be fucked and mother nature will show you who is boss. No matter how many fucking helicopters/planes you have dumping water / whatever they fucking dump on the fire you can't put it out. Man is not above nature. Mother nature will always put man in its' place.
