The various things you've said over the years make most of us call everything you say into question. As to the why, we don't know why you would do that, attention maybe? I guess burning your personal reputation for so long has this small consequence, but I'm not worried, I don't think it will alter your behavior in the slightest.

A drought climate is not simply a binary state, an either you is or you ain't. There is nuance here, and we have seen a shift in the drought cycles over the last 100 years.

That's already done to a degree. But changes in the drought cycle hinder that. And addition of some invasive species had made it impossible in some areas. Invasive brooms blaze out of control even when trying to clear away a single season of growth. So it must be cut out first, which takes time and man power.

Interesting idea. I mean there are some snags, like that children ride bikes too. And if the smoke gives them a life-long respiratory disease then society will be on the hook paying for it. Either because your nation has taxpayer funded healthcare, or because private insurers will have to raise premiums in order to maintain profits.

I mean I used to run `xscreensaver -root` on Linux some 25 years ago as a novelty, but this is cool too.

That's what we do here. But we suspend controlled burns during drought. Dang climate change making forest management trickier than it was 2,000 years ago.

Yea, my Dad has a landscape rake for his Cub Cadet. And you can scale the concept up in size.

Of course, a landscape rake is not going to work in the coastal forests here. It will get hung up on coyote brush and roots. And coastal redwoods grow in tight clusters, where even a hand rake is not easily brought between them. (I helped my neighbor clear up his "yard" of 40 redwoods. It looks beautiful now and a local couple had their wedding there shortly after).

For me, a brush cutter on the front of a skid steer vehicle is the only way to manage my property. Essentially what looks like a mower deck that sits in front of a tracked vehicle. The deck has an array of polygonal blades and it'll cut through small trees and chop up brush into chunks a few inches in length. From there they can be spread out to decompose or raked up and bagged to move elsewhere. I have a lot of invasive species, so we left it in place to avoid spreading broom to new locations during transport.

I, for one, am glad SOMEONE has stepped in to defend the evil megabillion dollar corporation and tell off the little guy. But you go! Speak truth to the powerless!

Ack, dang unicode quotes got me!

Youâ(TM)ve got to take care of the floors. You know the floors of the forests, itâ(TM)s very important.
Finland is a forest nation. And they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things, and they donâ(TM)t have any problem.

Sure, Jains have an entirely different reason. But the other religion I was referring to was some schools of Buddhism

Some. But a few other religions don't eat onions and garlic. My understanding are these hot and tasty foods arouse carnal desires in those that eat them. But for some practitioners the are not supposed to fulfil their material desires.

Public schools don't fail int he same way that private ones do. They can't, because they aren't businesses.

It's really sad to have to explain, over and over, that operating public services as for-profit businesses - or worse, replacing public services with for-profit businesses - is literally the whole reason shit is falling apart. The peak of American civilization also had the highest tax rates for the wealthy and the most extensive and functional public services. That was not a coincidence.
=Smidge=

How do you not see this for the obvious publicity stunt that it is? You must have voted Trump.

But it worked, you got enraged and engaged with the content.

Congratulations, you're the problem with the internet today.

Oh, and I am aware of the irony of posting a reply in order to condemn it, so you needn't bother pointing that out.

Perhaps expert politicians.

From Roseanne to Hussein Obama on X, "Remember when you and your wife called Bog Iger to have me fired?"

America was founded in 1916 by white supremacist ideals like slavery, war and genocide. The sooner it comes to do end the better for person kind.