Saturday, November 10, 2018
Constants and variables 112, Burn baby burn edition
Trump has turned out to be Hillary in an orange wig, but occasionally he still speaks the truth.
As the wildfires ravaging Northern and Southern California destroy billions of dollars worth of real estate, President Trump reminded the world in a Saturday morning tweet that global warming - which many (on the left in particular) have blamed for the fires - isn't the responsible for the fires. Rather, California's inept forest-management strategies have left the state vulnerable as drought-like conditions have transformed the state's densely packed forests into a bed of kindling, just waiting to be set off by a stray cigarette butt. In a tweet that seems almost tailor-made to trigger the left, President Trump threatened to revoke the "billions that are given each year" to the state if California doesn't address the "gross mismanagement" of its forests and take more steps to mitigate the fires.We have an immediate and meaningful controlled experiment proving the point. For several years Wash was also experiencing MASSIVE EXPLOSIVE wildfires because of EPA-approved universe-obliterating genocide techniques. The response to the fires was equally destructive. No warning, no watching, no preparation. I observed that the state DNR (Destroyer of Natural Resources) was being managed by people who had ALREADY PROVED their SPECIFIC INCOMPETENCE in fire emergencies. Some COOOL and influential people must have reached the same conclusion, because those incompetent managers were quietly replaced two years ago. Now we have more logging, more controlled burns, better watching. This summer was perfectly dry and somewhat hotter than normal, which WOULD have given us another massive explosive disaster. No disaster. Average wildfires this summer. MANAGEMENT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. = = = = = Couple days later, headline about Calif wildfires: California Utilities Implode, Lose A Third Of Their Value In 2 Days On Massive Fire Damages Maybe this points to the real reason for the change. Avista has been trying to sell out. Negotiations with a large Quebec utility have been running for quite a while, and I don't think the deal is firm yet. If Avista had continued losing lines and poles, its SHARE VALUE might have decreased, which is of course the WORST THING IMAGINABLE IN ALL UNIVERSES. The state dysgovernment had to preserve SHARE VALUE, even if it meant letting some Deplorables remain unbarbecued.
Labels: Carbon Cult, Constants and Variables
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