40 PERCENT?? Wow. While I believe that the addition of particulates wildfires add to the air DO effect climate (strictly empirical evidence) I never thought it might be that high. Of course, the slash and burn "farming" techniques of the peasants in Third World countries very well COULD drive it up that high...
Where do the envirowackos fall in such a debate? Well...if it ain't in their political agenda, it doesn't exist. On the other hand, I can see them scheming to force the US to stop all industrial emmissions, so that the poor third world farmers, downtrodden by the mean old US businessmen, can slash and burn with impugnity....
Yep. Makes sense, in a twisted, Third Way, global government sort of way.
The study is ongoing..of course the schools love that sort of thing.
Tell you what. I attended a meeting a short while ago with forest products officials and such. The big companys are sick and tired of it! A couple of big shots got up and said they have in plans multi million dollar investment ventures for RUSSIA! So good work all you wackos..chase them out of this country. They said they can no longer depend on public timber being offered (USFS) for raw material to run their plants, that as well as the impossible gov. regulations. When this timber is taken off the market (No sales set up) it puts a strain on their own timberlands so they over cut and the harvest cycle is to short to maintain a viable harvest cycle. So to Russia they go. Lets see, they've (the enviro-nuts) destroyed the largest manufacturing industry in the USA by their selfish idiot ideas and now its on to farming..heck they've already been after mining. So the entire base industy (big three) in the country is about to be abolished because they want to make it a la la land for themselves to run wild.