RoidingOldMan comments on Wildfires are front-page news. Why isn't their cause?

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

For years now I’ve seen “suspected arson” on nearly every wildfire headline. Never an ounce of evidence explaining why they suspect arson.

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

There has been a big PR effort by the fossil fuels industry to blame arson, when that's been responsible for a fraction of fires forever. What's changed is the higher temperatures and lower humidity that goes with them, letting otherwise easily-contained fires grow rapidly. And that change is a result of burning fossil fuels.

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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Most wild fires are started by lightning. But like you said, its not the ignition, it is the conditions that allow wild fires to grow so large they are impossible to control.

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[–] meat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Fire investigators can often tell where a fire started and can detect chemicals that are sometimes used to start fires.

There was a large fire near me where people were seen throwing fireworks down a hill.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

Well we know it was arson by fossil fuel companies.

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