Comment on I read somewhere a while back that most or at least half of California wildfires are cause by faulty electrical company equipment. Is this true? And how come no one has ever reported it?

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• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Fire isn’t needed at any intensity at any time of year, every year. Fire adapted plants can be and are getting over-burned by fires that are getting more intense (less rain, more heat). This is exacerbated by non-native plants (especially grasses and eucalyptus) that outcompete the native plants and are then extra vulnerable to fire.

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• massive_bereavement@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You're confusing wildfires with bushfires.

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