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Some people I know have remained friendly with some conspiracy theorists since Covid (I just stopped interacting when they told me I’d be dead by 2022 because I received the vaccine) and I’ve heard that one of the current theories is that the government is starting the wildfires for some reason.
forced burns are a forest fire management tactic.
It depends on the theory. I'm a "Bigfoot", "ufo" (none of this new shit, weather balloons and probes only!), and "Kubrick left the original set for the moon landing filming conspiracy on the moon" conspiracy theories only. Regular conspiracy theorists scare me
It's to force states to start raking their forests.
https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/trumps-raking-the-forest-comment-lights-up-social-media
"I was with the president of Finland, and he said: 'We have a much different [sic]..., we're a forest nation.' And they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things, and they don't have any problem," he added.
What's worse is the thought that forests can't take care of themselves absent human involvement. These huge fires are because humans artificially prevented the natural cycle of fires for more than a century. Now with so much built up overgrowth, it is out of control.
The usual method of the forest taking care of the itself is burning. Trying to extinguish the fires to protect houses that should not exist there in the first place is the unnatural part.
So can we rake it and use it what we collect for anything useful?
I think people do that already :D
tecnically the us gov does start some (in)directly through cuts in funding
Close. It's (often) government funded utility companies.
And the reason is nefarious: invest as little in infrastructure as possible to maximize profits.
Are they government funded? Like the best example I know off the top of my head is PG&E which afaik has nothing to do with government funded.
For oil profits.
I mean that’s not what the conspiracy nuts will tell you, they “researched” the cover story. Also, it’s kind of a side-effect instead of an intended thing, but…yeaahhhh