[dragnet2]

Do you have any idea what it would cost to clear all the brush in the hundreds of square miles of remote, rugged, steep Southern California region?

It would cost billions, and take an army of hundreds of thousands, all armed with weed eaters and machetes, and it would take them 20 years to do it.

And then when done, it would all grow back in a year or two.

LOL!

[Avoiding_Sulla]

Are you one of those people who will ignore good suggestions simply because they make you seem short-sighted?

Carry Okie suggested introducing goats for the rugged terrain and you simply ignored it.

Better for you, you think, for you to prove you’re narrow minded and stubborn rather than work with anyone who intrudes on your preconceived notions. In this instance your preconceived notion appears to be “nothing can be done!” and you’re gonna stick by it. WHY? Is your pride on the line or what?

Our society is crumbling because too many people refuse to reform whatever is causing the crumbling around them. So even good solutions, like introducing mountain goats and sheep in this instance are ignored.

[Carry_Okie]

Do you have any idea what it would cost to clear all the brush in the hundreds of square miles of remote, rugged, steep Southern California region?

Tough. My family came to El Cajon five generations ago. I have a very good idea what the situation is.

It would cost billions, and take an army of hundreds of thousands, all armed with weed eaters and machetes, and it would take them 20 years to do it.

Only a total moron or a socialist bent on playing games (but I repeat myself) would do it that way.

And then when done, it would all grow back in a year or two.

You must be the former.

[NVDave]

Having seen the budgets to fight these fires, and the insurance claims that result from when they get away from you, you’re raising a strawman.

You can pay now, or you can pay later. Californians have chosen to pay later.

If you’ve been paying attention, insurance carriers are not renewing policy coverage for homeowners in the face of fires like this since the last big spate of fires you had. In a couple more years, homeowners and businesses will be 100% on the hook for the costs of loss and recovery as a result of these fires.

At that point, I think Californians will find a way to clear that brush out more cheaply.

And, BTW — I’ve seen what the modern state of mechanical thinning machinery is here. I think you’d be pleasantly surprised at what the new machines can accomplish in tight, steep terrain. The machines exist. The contractors exist. The market for the wood exists.

What Californians lack is the will to *do* something about the problem.