Can't cut down foliage near power lines, so it limits how much power can be sent and prevents upgrades. Can only work on the lines when a forest fire takes out the foliage naturally. Clown World type shit.
Add to that some nice price controls to restrict the money available to reinvest.
In the '90s, you could not clear any brush on your own private property because of the Kangaroo mouse. Over decades, tumbleweeds stacked up along fence lines -- in particular, Malabu.
One hot summer, fires, pushed by the Santa Ana winds, swept through all the high-dollar estates -- burning down nearly all the homes...along with the Kangaroo mouse. There was so much undergrowth the mice didn't stand a chance.
Oh, the homes and people didn't fair any better.
California has been in a steady state of stupid for many, many decades.
The POS here say “we lead America” I want to slit my wrist every time I hear that nonsense...these psycho paths here in La think Kamala is great...I’m loosing my shit over here
you legally cannot remove the underbrush because it is the habitat of some mouse. The brush builds as tinder and a fire rages through burning all the brush and the mouse.
It gets worse, then you sue the power company for not shutting power off and starting a fire.... and if the power company does shut power off, you sue them for shutting power off and not being able to get your life saving medical devices to work because they shut the power off.
I guess if you have enough fires you won't need to be afraid of the Sierra Club anymore. Won't need to trim the trees and brush because it's all be burned up in catastrophic fires. Good thing we avoided making a decision or having a conflict. phew.
It’s a good thing the US is a federation so California can experiment with their ridiculous energy policy themselves without having to bully the whole country into them. And let’s thank the Founding Fathers for the Electoral College!
Wasn't invasion. Planted in purpose by railroad company for cheap fast-growing wood. Didn't realize it is split so easily and was worthless for tracks.
part of the reason. the main issue is how they explode during already started fires, basically they help the fire progress much faster. but again its part of the reason.
Yeah so either you do preventative burning like the aboriginals have done for years where they lived. Or you wait till nature takes care of it in one big home destroying, life taking Forest Fire every few decades.
Every utility has price controls. That financial problems of the utilities is because of all the lawsuits from forest fires, and the expensive regulatory requirements
The seeds have fuck all to do with it. They drop their seeds AFTER a fire sweeps through, the seeds don't cause fires. They're oily trees, their leaves are highly combustible, and they're trash trees that drop a lot of bark and branches, so the ground around them is littered with dried tinder - and weeds and undergrowth, because they allow more light through them, unlike oak, or firs, which are indigenous to the region.
The Berkeley/Oakland fires are the best example of how dangerous eucalyptus are, they literally explode when on fire, and the trash they drop spreads it further. The crowns of the trees explode, and it has nothing to do with the seeds.
When my parents lived in CA, I spent many hours ripping them out of our property, it took about one season of cleaning up after them for my dad to get rid of them, and replant other trees. I fucking hate eucalyptus trees, they're trash trees. My hands would smell like eucalyptus for days after clearing them, you get covered in sticky oil - and you can't burn the wood, because it's so oily. We just stacked it in a corner of the lot and would take a truckload to the dump once in a while.
Yes, the outdated third world grid is the major issue.
Can't cut down foliage near power lines, so it limits how much power can be sent and prevents upgrades. Can only work on the lines when a forest fire takes out the foliage naturally. Clown World type shit.
Add to that some nice price controls to restrict the money available to reinvest.
The consequences of Dem Rule.
Wait they can only work on the lines if a forest fire clears the trees?
Oh look, the whole state is on fire!
In the '90s, you could not clear any brush on your own private property because of the Kangaroo mouse. Over decades, tumbleweeds stacked up along fence lines -- in particular, Malabu.
One hot summer, fires, pushed by the Santa Ana winds, swept through all the high-dollar estates -- burning down nearly all the homes...along with the Kangaroo mouse. There was so much undergrowth the mice didn't stand a chance.
Oh, the homes and people didn't fair any better.
California has been in a steady state of stupid for many, many decades.
Rake the leaves, morons.
The POS here say “we lead America” I want to slit my wrist every time I hear that nonsense...these psycho paths here in La think Kamala is great...I’m loosing my shit over here
you legally cannot remove the underbrush because it is the habitat of some mouse. The brush builds as tinder and a fire rages through burning all the brush and the mouse.
how odd.
They did it on purpose to cause a fire like that because they’re an actual death cult.
It gets worse, then you sue the power company for not shutting power off and starting a fire.... and if the power company does shut power off, you sue them for shutting power off and not being able to get your life saving medical devices to work because they shut the power off.
I guess if you have enough fires you won't need to be afraid of the Sierra Club anymore. Won't need to trim the trees and brush because it's all be burned up in catastrophic fires. Good thing we avoided making a decision or having a conflict. phew.
It’s a good thing the US is a federation so California can experiment with their ridiculous energy policy themselves without having to bully the whole country into them. And let’s thank the Founding Fathers for the Electoral College!
Agree.
Eucalyptus is the reason for the fires. It's invasive from Australia. The wood is flammable because the fire activates the seeds.
Cali power is liable for fire. They shouldn't be.
Wasn't invasion. Planted in purpose by railroad company for cheap fast-growing wood. Didn't realize it is split so easily and was worthless for tracks.
Huh, now that you mention it. Wherever there are tracks in CA there are eucalyptus trees.
part of the reason. the main issue is how they explode during already started fires, basically they help the fire progress much faster. but again its part of the reason.
Yeah so either you do preventative burning like the aboriginals have done for years where they lived. Or you wait till nature takes care of it in one big home destroying, life taking Forest Fire every few decades.
Every utility has price controls. That financial problems of the utilities is because of all the lawsuits from forest fires, and the expensive regulatory requirements
Eucalyptus trees are flammable even when they are alive. They naturally burn because the fire activates their seeds.
They are invasive from Australia. California needs to eradicate them before they get federal funding for anything else.
The seeds have fuck all to do with it. They drop their seeds AFTER a fire sweeps through, the seeds don't cause fires. They're oily trees, their leaves are highly combustible, and they're trash trees that drop a lot of bark and branches, so the ground around them is littered with dried tinder - and weeds and undergrowth, because they allow more light through them, unlike oak, or firs, which are indigenous to the region.
The Berkeley/Oakland fires are the best example of how dangerous eucalyptus are, they literally explode when on fire, and the trash they drop spreads it further. The crowns of the trees explode, and it has nothing to do with the seeds.
When my parents lived in CA, I spent many hours ripping them out of our property, it took about one season of cleaning up after them for my dad to get rid of them, and replant other trees. I fucking hate eucalyptus trees, they're trash trees. My hands would smell like eucalyptus for days after clearing them, you get covered in sticky oil - and you can't burn the wood, because it's so oily. We just stacked it in a corner of the lot and would take a truckload to the dump once in a while.
Which is why the tree has evolved to be so flammable.
The best examples of eucalyptus fires are in Australia. Every single year. They're a nightmare.
Those cheekie bastards.
Don’t forget the the hopeless state of California forests due to bark beetle infestation. Small fire and it all goes up like a tinderbox.
we have a thrid world infrastructure because enviroscum paid by china is preventing anything from being built
cant put a shovel in the ground without studying the local bug population for 20 years
What exactly happened to "Power to the People"?
Come mes in the form of lamp oil now
Whale Oil for the fUtUre! Oh wait...
Whale oil is a renewable biofuel (funnily enough, renewables are the only thing we've ever run out of, whales, forests etc)
liposuction. That's why we have fast food..
Whuh?...
Democrat Leadership: But that would be expensive to fix, its much easier to just put the blame on something that can be “fixed” cheaply.