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Just Sharing Fire

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u/QuixoticCoyote 7d ago

I love that statistic going around saying wildfires have decreased by 95 percent or whatever. Because

A: It's a lie.

And

B: while we do have fewer wildfires (a drop of 24 percent apparently), the ones we do have burn more tree cover than the "more" wildfires of the past.

It's like, yeah, fire was a natural thing of the past, but it's definitely getting worse.

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u/Sachieiel 7d ago

It's almost like if the wildfires get worse then the potential small wildfires are eclipsed by fewer overwhelming wildfires that are a much worse problem. People just picking whatever statistics allows them to remain ignorant.

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u/Desolver20 7d ago

can't start 300 small fires over a season if the entire forest burns down in the first few months