Which is why you do managed controlled burns at regular intervals.

This is the only response necessary.

I thought we were supposed to be selfish, technocratic plunderers who had conquered nature for the sake of our own greed.

I thought we needed Science™ to save us from climate change.

I thought we were being held back by those icky, stupid conservatives who didn't believe in either.

But now all the Experts we're supposed to Trust are powerless to prevent a city from catching fire? Now it's pointless to expect action?

"Nothing we could do", those experts say, as they empty water reserves, employ diverse fire fighters who revel in their own incompetence, and let flammable material build up in forests. "Our cities were built to burn."

I guess we can drop all those climate change policies now. "Built to burn" can be the new ethos.

Which is why you do managed controlled burns at regular intervals.

This is the only response necessary.

I thought we were supposed to selfish, technocratic plunderers who had conquered nature for the sake of our own greed.

I thought we needed Science™ to save us from climate change.

I thought we were being held back by those icky, stupid conservatives who didn't believe in either.

But now all the Experts we're supposed to Trust are powerless to prevent a city from catching fire? Now it's pointless to expect action?

"Nothing we could do", those experts say, as they empty water reserves, employ diverse fire fighters who revel in their own incompetence, and let flammable material build up in forests. "Our cities were built to burn."

I guess we can drop all those climate change policies now. "Built to burn" can be the new ethos.