MAUI FIRES AND “CLIMATE CHANGE”
Written by on August 11, 2023
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 14, 2023
IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG BEFORE SOME POLITICIANS BEGAN BLAMING “GLOBAL WARMING” FOR THE TERRIBLE FIRES THAT DEVASTATED PARTS OF MAUI, KILLING MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WITH MORE THAN 1000 MISSING AS OF THIS WRITING.
WRITING IN LIBERAL USA TODAY, CLAY TRAUERNICHT, A PROFESSOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, SAID IT WOULD BE MISLEADING TO SIMPLY BLAME WEATHER AND CLIMATE FOR THE FIRES IN MAUI. TRAUERNICHT POINTED TO UNMANAGED NON-NATIVE GRASSLANDS THAT HAVE FLOURISHED IN HAWAII SINCE THE 1990S AND NOT CLEARED BY LANDOWNERS.
THE SAME HAS BEEN TRUE OF FIRES IN CALIFORNIA. ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE OPPOSED CLEARING UNDERBRUSH, WHICH ALSO SERVE AS STARTERS FOR FIRES IN THAT STATE.
THE MEDIA AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ARE ON A FULL COURT PRESS TO MAKE OUR LIVES MORE MISERABLE. THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS WE MIGHT HAVE TO STOP TAKING VACATIONS. THE ADMINISTRATION IS ALREADY ON A TEAR ABOUT AIR CONDITIONERS, WATER HEATERS AND GAS STOVES.
NAME SOMETHING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SOLVED OR DONE WELL. I CAN’T. AND THEY THINK THEYCAN CHANGE THE WEATHER BY FURTHER LIMITING OUR FREEDOMS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
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