MORE ENVIRONMENTAL INSANITY

Let’s see ... the wildfire in southern California has now killed two firefighters, destroyed at least 76 homes and burned nearly 242 square miles of the Angeles National Forest.

”Months before the huge blaze erupted, the U.S. Forest Service obtained permits to burn away the undergrowth and brush on more than 1,700 acres of the Angeles National Forest. But just 193 acres had been cleared by the time the fire broke out .... [C]ritics suggested that protests from environmentalists over prescribed burns contributed to the disaster, which came after the brush was allowed to build up for as much as 40 years .... Biologist Ileene Anderson with the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental organization, said burn permits should be difficult to get because of the potential damage to air quality. Clearing chaparral by hand or machine must be closely scrutinized because it can hurt native species.”

Uh, huh. Now over 200 square miles of “biological diversity” is gone. And the air quality? Well, let’s see ... 1700 acres permitted for controlled burning is bad; 155,000 acres actually burned is ....?

But not to worry, the environmentalists know what the real problem is – global warming. “[H]igher temperatures lead to both reduced snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas and an earlier melt, which in turn produces a longer and drier fire season. Result: more and bigger fires.”

Uh, guys, it’s really pretty simple: no fuel, no fires.