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<p>oh, the irony of 4 climate change-denying politicians grandstanding in front of a forest fire...</p>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Missoula-Community-News <missoula-community-news-bounces@bigskynet.org> on behalf of Jeff Juel via Missoula-Community-News <missoula-community-news@bigskynet.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 24, 2017 9:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> missoula-community-news@bigskynet.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MCN] A rant on fire: What do we most need to "manage"?</font>
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<div class="PlainText">"Harvesting trees to manage fire can make some difference, how much is
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debatable, but it’s a false hope if we can’t/don’t/won’t also push hard <br>
for harvest of the energy we can get from solar and wind."<br>
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Agreed that fossil fuel combustion must end, Lance. However the idea of <br>
manipulating forest "fuels" to control fire is industry propaganda, pure <br>
and simple. And as scientists have modeled, forests--even subject to <br>
fire--sequester more carbon when left unlogged.<br>
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On 8/24/2017 7:30 PM, Lance Olsen via Missoula-Community-News wrote:<br>
> Harvesting trees to manage fire can make some difference, how much is <br>
> debatable, but it’s a false hope if we can’t/don’t/won’t also push <br>
> hard for harvest of the energy we can get from solar and wind<br>
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