Am just about to have a can of Coke Zero as it happens.

Scones!

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Amps Controlled burning of the land DOES have its uses….especially here in California, where it can prevent wildfires from going completely off the rails. By burning old growth/dry tinder, it helps to keep the fires from spreading.

In other areas, controlled burns also help replenish the soil. In the midwest, when a field has been overworked/overgrazed, farmers will do a controlled burn as well, so that when new growth does come in, it’s healthier and stronger.
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      Controlled burns were a part of California’s ecology for centuries. But then people decided they wanted fancy houses in the forest and didn’t want to deal with smokey air for a week or so. Now we get infernos. Yay! September, if not sooner, is going to be shit this year, Kels.
        jonattonyeah Ugh….I know 🤦🏼‍♀️ Not looking forward to that at all. It wasn’t as bad here in the south last year, but I don’t have high hopes for this year. We’ve already seen a number of fires. 😬
          > Kells77 In other areas, controlled burns also help replenish the soil. In the midwest, when a field has been overworked/overgrazed, farmers will do a controlled burn as well, so that when new growth does come in, it’s healthier and stronger.

          Yeah, thats what he is talking about, burning for better grazing, and it can fuck off. So much of Britain is a mono culture due to sheep grazing and grouse moors, it’s crap.
              The Giant Sequoias also need fires to release the seeds from their cones. Speaking of those, absolutely incredible trees. 9 meters around, 75 meters tall, 3,000 years old. I never thought I’d be impressed by a tree. But you do you, tree. Way to contribute to this country.

                Amps Ah ok! I read that wrong I guess. I thought he was denigrating it lol
                  I think you’ll find the GREAT BRITISH countryside is the most beautiful in the world Amps.
                    Smallman1 For the most, I would agree with you, but when you realise it looks fuck all like it should due to farming and industry, you you start to see it otherwise.
                      Mad_Cyril

                      I spent an inordinate amount of time reading about what would happen if we blew the moon up (just for hilarity). It wouldn’t end well so I doubt moving it around would do much good either.
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                          jonattonyeah

                          Didn’t your lot want to nuke it back in the 50s? Then again, you talked about invading Britain days after VE day, so, yeah, you probably did want to nuke something 😆
                              Amps

                              I don’t consider anything before 1993 to be my responsibility when it comes to America. I was lowering your collective intelligence from 1981-1992.
                                Would love to see a sequoia up close. Incredible trees.
                                Smallman1 Much as I love many rural parts of the UK, I’ve seen far more beautiful countryside on my travels. The first time I drove into the Franschhoek valley near Stellenbosch, it properly took my breath away…
                                    5 days later

                                    I looked into camping at Yellowstone a few years back, it’s like trying to get a Glastonbury ticket. Fair play to them for keeping the numbers to a minimum. Defo on the to do list at some point.

                                    17 days later

                                    Shocking. I spoke with a mate yesterday who was saying climate change isn’t as bad as the “hippies” say and that carbon figures have been going down year on year. It’s savage ignorance on a scale I can’t quite fathom when dealing with people like that..