Are eucalyptus trees the cause of the CA fires?

[moon]

The canopy gas-projected fires of eucalyptus trees can carry seeds and embers for eighteen miles ahead of the ground fires.
Winds can extend that distance.

Who was the capitalist dumbass that introduced eucalypts into California ?

 

[Text Drivers are Killers]

I know this much - it's great to see these super-rich and super-useless entertainers lose their homes.

 

[moon]

Who was the capitalist dumbass that introduced eucalypts into California ?

Here he is, folks- the capitalist moron responsible;

Frank C. Havens - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Sadly, most of these schemes went the way they infamously did for Frank C. Havens. Havens was an Oakland developer who opened a mill and planted eight million eucalyptus trees in a 14-mile-long strip from Berkeley through Oakland. But when he came to sell the timber, it was found that the trees were too young to make suitable wood; the young wood had an irregular grain and it bent, cracked, and shrank when dried. It is true that eucalyptus trees from Australia could make good timber, but those trees were decades or sometimes centuries old. It was soon found that eucalyptus trees would need to be at least 75 or 100 years old for good lumber. The young wood didn’t even make useable fence posts or railroad track ties, both of which decayed rapidly. Havens closed shop.

 

[Diogenes]

I know this much - it's great to see these super-rich and super-useless entertainers lose their homes.

Eat the rich, Comrade?

 

[martin]

I know this much - it's great to see these super-rich and super-useless entertainers lose their homes.

Unfortunate that losers often feel as you do way about winners. It's the small mindedness that helped make them losers in the first place.

 

[Diogenes]

Unfortunate that losers often feel as you do way about winners.

I've noticed that.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Who introduced them to Portugal?

Australian roots: In 1770, eucalyptus specimens made their way to Europe for the first time. On his first Pacific Ocean trip, Captain James Cook explored part of the Australian coast. Botanists onboard catalogued and collected several different species along the way, taking them back to London. European botanists gave the trees the name “eucalyptus” because of how the flowers are in hard, protective cup-like structures: The Greek root “eu” means “well” and “calyptos” means “covered.”

Soon, interest in the eucalyptus swelled in Europe. In the early 1800s, wealthy merchants and aristocrats were excited about rare or “exotic” plants and, together with people in the plant business, made cultivating eucalyptus trees popular. Horticulturists also wanted to better study such novelties, to understand them scientifically and see what their potential economic value might be. And of course, the new European settlers in Australia were eager to make some money selling the abundant eucalyptus. Promoters touted the trees as not only aesthetically pleasing, but as capable of satisfying many practical needs. The eucalyptus quickly spread in Europe.

How the Eucalyptus Came to California

A cautionary tale of how the eucalyptus came to be embedded in the California landscape, and its subtle effects.

www.independent.com

 

[moon]

https://www.independent.com/2011/01/15/how-eucalyptus-came-california/[/URL

[Diogenes said:

Who introduced them to Portugal?


Eustace Calipto ?

 

[Diogenes]

[Diogenes said:

Who introduced them to Portugal?


Eustace Calipto ?

Who's that?

Not a capitalist, was he?

 

[Into the Night]

I know this much - it's great to see these super-rich and super-useless entertainers lose their homes.

I see you enjoy your poverty. You hate anyone that makes more money than you do.

 

[moon]

I did feel sorry for the woman sifting through the ashes of her home for her diamond earrings. Seriously. That must hurt.

 

[countryboy]

So, only Democrats use the oil? Are you sure of that?

We're not talking about eucalyptus orchards used for commercial oil production, genius.

 

[Phantasmal]

We're not talking about eucalyptus orchards used for commercial oil production, genius.

They were brought to California for commercial purposes, so I am a genius. They became an invasive species.

 

[countryboy]

They were brought to California for commercial purposes, so I am a genius. They became an invasive species.

No shit Sherlock. What does that have to do with people using the oil? It was an idiotic comment. Do you know why they were brought to California? Bet you don't. I'm sure you're furiously googling as we speak.

 

[Diogenes]

No shit Sherlock. What does that have to do with people using the oil? It was an idiotic comment. Do you know why they were brought to California? Bet you don't. I'm sure your furiously googling as we speak.

She's an imbecile.

 

[Phantasmal]

No shit Sherlock. What does that have to do with people using the oil? It was an idiotic comment. Do you know why they were brought to California? Bet you don't. I'm sure you're furiously googling as we speak.

Oil is part of the commercial use, I was aware of why before I made the comment.

 

[Diogenes]

Oil is part of the commercial use, I was aware of why before I made the comment.

I don't believe you, imbecile.

 

[Text Drivers are Killers]

Eat the rich, Comrade?

Most richies are useless. Athletes, entertainers, lawyers, bankers, politicians. All of them non-producers.

 

[Diogenes]

Most richies are useless. Athletes, entertainers, lawyers, bankers, politicians. All of them non-producers.

They seem to produce wealth.

 

[Hawkeye10]

They seem to produce wealth.

Rig the system to produce wealth for themselves.....the average American excluding the top 10% have not seen inflation adjusted wages increase for several decades.

I mean overall....wages are about where they were 30-40 years ago...all improvements in productivity have been skimmed off by the elites....who mostly dont give a flying fuck about the rest of us....if they did they would be behaving differently.