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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire “prediction market” bets | Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson. (arstechnica.com)

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[–] halferect@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

People who live in deserts know three things, drought, fires and flash floods. Fires in the desert happen a lot. Probably way more than anywhere else.

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[–] Master_Suck@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

Lemme rephrase a bit: people who bet on this sort of thing are probably ones who have only lived in a desert, never having seen a tree in the first place.

I'm sure there's plenty of fires in a hot place.

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[–] halferect@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago

Trees exist in the desert

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