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sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

It has had the most histrionic wildfire season ever this year, that's for sure.

Forest fires are part of the natural lifecycle of a forest. They're so normal that many plants require them to grow. The seeds sit there sealed up until a forest fire comes through. Lots of fires don't really mean much to the Inhabitability of the place other than it's warmer and drier, but far warmer far drier places than northern Canada are happily populated and have been for millennia.

Permafrost melts, leaves behind muskeg, which is a known quantity. Very common, not the end of the world. Even so, much of the country isnt permafrost, it's just cold -- so if it gets less cold it gets more inhabitable. Unlike 95% of Canadians, I've actually lived in those places.

Humans thrive in all kinds of places that should be inhospitable. The United States was almost entirely uninhabitable when the colonists arrived, and through engineering made it into a place people happily live from coast to coast.

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