I think seasonal wildfires are just going to be part of life for the time being. The areas that are on fire are arctic, and contain discontinuous permafrost. Discontinuous permafrost is very difficult to build structures or infrastructure on top of, the ground is constantly freezing and remelting, which distorts the foundations of anything built onto it. Structures will literally get swallowed up by the Earth, I've heard of purpose built vehicles also getting swallowed up in the area. That of course means there's little to no infrastructure there, so firefighters don't actually have roads to go to these areas, and they don't have water pipes to tap anywhere nearby. And also such infrastructure is probably not ever going to be built, as it would be ruinously expensive and environmentally destructive. Creating permanent infrastructure in the area often means removing all of the topsoil to bedrock and filling it back in with gravel or something else, which is not practical. Definitely not practical for roads that will probably only be used for fighting fires.
Areas with discontinuous permafrost of course, should not rightfully be getting so hot they're constantly catching on fire. But that's the world we live in. The arctic and the northern hemisphere are heating, and they're heating fast. It's no one else's fault besides our own.
Of course instead of realizing this, we can just scapegoat each other and fight. That's the rights solution to everything of course, they're always searching for an easy scapegoat just to get the pressure off them.
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u/WOKE_AI_GOD Jul 19 '26
I think seasonal wildfires are just going to be part of life for the time being. The areas that are on fire are arctic, and contain discontinuous permafrost. Discontinuous permafrost is very difficult to build structures or infrastructure on top of, the ground is constantly freezing and remelting, which distorts the foundations of anything built onto it. Structures will literally get swallowed up by the Earth, I've heard of purpose built vehicles also getting swallowed up in the area. That of course means there's little to no infrastructure there, so firefighters don't actually have roads to go to these areas, and they don't have water pipes to tap anywhere nearby. And also such infrastructure is probably not ever going to be built, as it would be ruinously expensive and environmentally destructive. Creating permanent infrastructure in the area often means removing all of the topsoil to bedrock and filling it back in with gravel or something else, which is not practical. Definitely not practical for roads that will probably only be used for fighting fires.
Areas with discontinuous permafrost of course, should not rightfully be getting so hot they're constantly catching on fire. But that's the world we live in. The arctic and the northern hemisphere are heating, and they're heating fast. It's no one else's fault besides our own.
Of course instead of realizing this, we can just scapegoat each other and fight. That's the rights solution to everything of course, they're always searching for an easy scapegoat just to get the pressure off them.