Around the turn of the century, the knowledge and technology existed at the same time to have healthy forests AND jobs out west. Capitalism chose “neither”. So now we import lumber while our forests burn and living things choke. The industry is now Cal Fire and the wild land fire fighters. A behemoth of limitless spending that even capitalism can’t say no to. Truly heartbreaking in nature and breathtaking in scope. #ForestFire #ca #or #wa #bc #calfire
We still have the knowledge and technology. But don’t even try or bother. We have a massive new industry to mop up drips from a torrential faucet.