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A new wave of startups is tackling a huge emissions source: wildfires
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this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2023
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They're talking about having frequent prescribed burns, as was the practice before European arrival, instead of lower frequency hgih-intensity fires.
That's nothing new. We've been doing that since the 80s.
Not at anything like the needed scale
Well that's because the plan is stupid and ineffective. Far more carbon could be sequestered by growing kudzu and then dumping it down mines.