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13. You would want it privatized?

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 09:54 PM

Jul 2012

What could possibly go wrong?

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'nother use, after a quake nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #1

why not Kalidurga Jul 2012 #2

Some areas are experimenting with letting the forests nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #3

How do they know Kalidurga Jul 2012 #6

Generally lightning strikes. joshcryer Jul 2012 #8

They don't, but one reason for the much hotter fires nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #9

Yeah, because of this well intentioned but ill considered approach... joshcryer Jul 2012 #12

It's like NASA, for god sakes nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #15

Yep, a lot of hand labor. joshcryer Jul 2012 #19

Forest Service put out a lot of fires after it was instated. joshcryer Jul 2012 #7

Of course! cilla4progress Jul 2012 #4

Of course. Unless MannyGoldstein Jul 2012 #5

Only if it's run by civilians. joshcryer Jul 2012 #10

You would want it privatized? NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #13

No, acedemia / grants. joshcryer Jul 2012 #14

Well, strictly speaking, 100% suppression would lead to no fires. NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #26

Sure. Downtown Hound Jul 2012 #16

I'd rather have traditional lookouts XemaSab Jul 2012 #17

That's already happened nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #23

My point exactly XemaSab Jul 2012 #24

Only when the technology is perfected Warpy Jul 2012 #18

I support Demotex. Arctic Dave Jul 2012 #20

What if they crash and cause a wildfire? Yo_Mama Jul 2012 #25