The San Francisco Chronicle (in 2023) themselves said that ONE - just ONE - major forest fire in California COMPLETELY erases any and all efforts of the state to curb emissions from the previous few years. They have, on average 3 to 4 a year.
The story that needs to also be told is the effects of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption of 2022. It was SO huge that Nasa scientists posted/ published/printed/ said it would affect the Earths weather FOR YEARS.
And then the entire story DISAPPEARED. Including from NOAA's year end warp up report!
Its like the biggest expulsion of ash into the stratosphere EVER in the known history of the PLANET.
Great Comment. Climate science is so much based on flawed models and assumptions, it is ridiculous. Ash reflects sunlight and cools, water and CO2 and CFCs are GHGs, SO2 not so sure except for acid rain, who the hell really knows?
And... so what? The logarithmic curve of carbon dioxide infrared absorption is near its asymptote. Even massive increases of the stuff in Earth's atmosphere have an effect that is too tiny to even be measured by most instruments.
Thank you TucosChild for including the 1962 Los Angeles Fire Department movie, "Design for Disaster" https://youtu.be/vhC4mkLqvN0 as your conclusion. This movie shows a clear understanding of the extreme fire behavior observed in the Pacific Palisades fire 63 years later - for the same reasons.
Great article, lots of information. One thing I never hear mentioned regarding wildfires is the increased CO2 in the atmosphere is substantially increasing the rate of plant growth, over pre-industrial times, increasing the forested area as forests move into taiga, increased precipitation and increased drought resistance of plants is also a byproduct of increased CO2 and longer growing seasons in temperate forests.
You would expect increasing wildfire emissions levels just from that.
Key point, it's easy to mitigate these effects by rational methods, such as harvesting dead trees & forest undergrowth, thinning forests in some areas by logging, making fire breaks to reduce wildfire spread rate. I rec'd converting excess forest biomass to methanol with local tractor-trailer sized plants. 700 gal methanol from one tonne of biomass.
And using lots of nuclear distillation to provide vast amounts of fresh water, building high pressure, high volume water pipelines between settled areas and wildfire prone areas. Build better homes, fire resistant, and rooftop sprinklers. And have urban fire crews that actually have the skills & equipment to successfully fight mass fires, from wildfires, earthquakes, gas pipeline leaks, terrorism or war, instead of just being capable of the odd house fire.
All just common sense, planning and preparation. A complete anathema for our current breed of neoliberal politicians and ruling class financial scam artists. They love disasters. Disasters = profits & power.
SmithFS, you should teach a class at the local community college on common sense, planning, and preparation. Almost unlimited potential customers.
Funny you should mention the role of that dastardly CO2 increasing rate of plant growth and increasing mass - some people are now complaining that this is leading to more wildfires! An article on this stranger than fiction subject is upcoming.
The current crop of politicians hate common sense planning. DEI, CRT and Wokeness or their primary goals. We'll see if Trump can successfully turn the tides against what Musk calls "The Woke Mind Virus".
The San Francisco Chronicle (in 2023) themselves said that ONE - just ONE - major forest fire in California COMPLETELY erases any and all efforts of the state to curb emissions from the previous few years. They have, on average 3 to 4 a year.
The story that needs to also be told is the effects of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption of 2022. It was SO huge that Nasa scientists posted/ published/printed/ said it would affect the Earths weather FOR YEARS.
And then the entire story DISAPPEARED. Including from NOAA's year end warp up report!
Its like the biggest expulsion of ash into the stratosphere EVER in the known history of the PLANET.
Great Comment. Climate science is so much based on flawed models and assumptions, it is ridiculous. Ash reflects sunlight and cools, water and CO2 and CFCs are GHGs, SO2 not so sure except for acid rain, who the hell really knows?
Stop by anytime, and restacks appreciated!
I will! And please check out the four-part series I wrote and co-produced for EarthxTV and Curiosity: "American Forest Fires: The Untold Story."
Anyone with questions as to how we got here, I hope this answers a LOT of questions.
Thank you!
-m
According to the libs my 2002 diesel truck produces more carbon just getting to the gun store...
And... so what? The logarithmic curve of carbon dioxide infrared absorption is near its asymptote. Even massive increases of the stuff in Earth's atmosphere have an effect that is too tiny to even be measured by most instruments.
Thank you TucosChild for including the 1962 Los Angeles Fire Department movie, "Design for Disaster" https://youtu.be/vhC4mkLqvN0 as your conclusion. This movie shows a clear understanding of the extreme fire behavior observed in the Pacific Palisades fire 63 years later - for the same reasons.
Great article, lots of information. One thing I never hear mentioned regarding wildfires is the increased CO2 in the atmosphere is substantially increasing the rate of plant growth, over pre-industrial times, increasing the forested area as forests move into taiga, increased precipitation and increased drought resistance of plants is also a byproduct of increased CO2 and longer growing seasons in temperate forests.
You would expect increasing wildfire emissions levels just from that.
Key point, it's easy to mitigate these effects by rational methods, such as harvesting dead trees & forest undergrowth, thinning forests in some areas by logging, making fire breaks to reduce wildfire spread rate. I rec'd converting excess forest biomass to methanol with local tractor-trailer sized plants. 700 gal methanol from one tonne of biomass.
And using lots of nuclear distillation to provide vast amounts of fresh water, building high pressure, high volume water pipelines between settled areas and wildfire prone areas. Build better homes, fire resistant, and rooftop sprinklers. And have urban fire crews that actually have the skills & equipment to successfully fight mass fires, from wildfires, earthquakes, gas pipeline leaks, terrorism or war, instead of just being capable of the odd house fire.
All just common sense, planning and preparation. A complete anathema for our current breed of neoliberal politicians and ruling class financial scam artists. They love disasters. Disasters = profits & power.
SmithFS, you should teach a class at the local community college on common sense, planning, and preparation. Almost unlimited potential customers.
Funny you should mention the role of that dastardly CO2 increasing rate of plant growth and increasing mass - some people are now complaining that this is leading to more wildfires! An article on this stranger than fiction subject is upcoming.
The current crop of politicians hate common sense planning. DEI, CRT and Wokeness or their primary goals. We'll see if Trump can successfully turn the tides against what Musk calls "The Woke Mind Virus".
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Hello Ken, thanks for the note!
Truly, I saw that paper re. CO2 saturation.
Now people are complaining about all that evil CO2 increasing plant growth and mass that could ultimately lead to more fires 🔥.
What a 🎪 circus!