By DemocracyRules
Commies are constantly at war with processes that are natural and self-sustaining. In California, legions of Green Commies forbid the clearance of underbrush. They have delusions about what nature really is, and they want to ensure that things are "pristine" and "undisturbed." But they are the ones who are "disturbed." In fact what they are doing is crazy.
(1) Southern California is near-desert, and it's prone to wildfires. It has been this way for thousands of years. It's not going to change just because some green commies pass "laws" against fires.
(2) The ecology has a feedback system which maintains the equilibrium. Large parts of Southern California isn't really forest, because it's too dry for that. A lot of it is chaparral, which is a mix of short and medium-tall grasses and bushes. Some are short-lived while others are long-lived. Droughts are frequent, and as some plants die, they leave dead vegetation behind. New rains bring renewal, and new growth. Some species die of old age after a few years. They add to the deadwood. Amongst these are long-lived dwarf tress and shrubs. The chaparral hosts many animal species.
(3) With no ground fires, the dead ground-cover builds up, so new plants can't sprout. The smaller tress and brush don't do very well either. So after a few decades, most of the ground cover is dead, with some long-lived taller tress sticking out of this mess. Environmentalists have declared that this dysfunctional and doomed ecosystem is "natural" and "pristine".
(4) Normally, every 10 to 100 years, brush fires burn through the hills and clear out most of the undergrowth. These fires are fast-moving, and not very hot, because there is not much stuff to burn. The fires make room for regrowth.
(5) The green commies prevent brush clearance and controlled burns. They get firefighters to put out all fires. After awhile, most of the chaparral is dead, looks horrible, and doesn't support much wildlife. The green commies blame global warming.
(6) Eventually a wildfire burns out of control, and causes huge devastation, because dead vegetation is abundant, and the fires create tremendous heat. This causes massive fire winds which throw sparks all over. Also, the long-lived species die from the intense heat.
(7) People die, homes are destroyed, wildlife is devastated, and the chaparral ecosystem is set back to square one. When rains eventually come, they cause soil erosion and landslides because the chaparral has been obliterated.
(8) You may notice the green commies keep quiet during these fires. Perhaps someone will figure out where the devastation comes from. But later they pass more "laws" against nature.
(9) The obvious solution is to authorize home owners to clear brush around their buildings, and for fire experts to conduct controlled burns when it's safe to do so. Also, some of the chaparral could be harvested for commercial uses.
(10) But ohh, no, the Green Commies can't have any commonsense intruding into their crazy fantasies about what "pristine" and "natural" actually means.
For Green Commies,"Bambi" is real.
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