Michael Shellenberger

dissects a frog and says, we're just like this frog. You know, we're just matter. You know, we're just dead matter, just this assembly. So it's a very dark, nihilistic story that then leads to this just, yeah, nihilistic anti-civilization ideology, which became very fashionable.

dissects a frog and says, we're just like this frog. You know, we're just matter. You know, we're just dead matter, just this assembly. So it's a very dark, nihilistic story that then leads to this just, yeah, nihilistic anti-civilization ideology, which became very fashionable.

I mean, City of Quartz, the Mike Davis book, I mean, it was a very fashionable book to read in places like Pacific Palisades and Hollywood and Santa Monica and and Venice. So yeah, I think it's, you know, I hope it's a wake-up call. I don't know if it will be, but it is a completely preventable disaster. Fires are definitely not completely preventable, but that level of destruction absolutely is.

I mean, City of Quartz, the Mike Davis book, I mean, it was a very fashionable book to read in places like Pacific Palisades and Hollywood and Santa Monica and and Venice. So yeah, I think it's, you know, I hope it's a wake-up call. I don't know if it will be, but it is a completely preventable disaster. Fires are definitely not completely preventable, but that level of destruction absolutely is.

I mean, City of Quartz, the Mike Davis book, I mean, it was a very fashionable book to read in places like Pacific Palisades and Hollywood and Santa Monica and and Venice. So yeah, I think it's, you know, I hope it's a wake-up call. I don't know if it will be, but it is a completely preventable disaster. Fires are definitely not completely preventable, but that level of destruction absolutely is.

And anybody who says that it's that it is not preventable, should be as far away from power as possible. Like anybody who believes that it was inevitable to lose 10,000 homes and buildings in Los Angeles over a week, they should be very far away from political power. They should not be in charge of any fire department because it ends up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

And anybody who says that it's that it is not preventable, should be as far away from power as possible. Like anybody who believes that it was inevitable to lose 10,000 homes and buildings in Los Angeles over a week, they should be very far away from political power. They should not be in charge of any fire department because it ends up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

And anybody who says that it's that it is not preventable, should be as far away from power as possible. Like anybody who believes that it was inevitable to lose 10,000 homes and buildings in Los Angeles over a week, they should be very far away from political power. They should not be in charge of any fire department because it ends up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

So I've taken you right to 50,000 Feet.

So I've taken you right to 50,000 Feet.

So I've taken you right to 50,000 Feet.

No, it's not caused by climate change. I mean, certainly warmer weathers, all else being equal, makes the wood, you know, drier. But there is no change in precipitation over since 1877. They've kept very good records of rainfall, annual rainfall in the Los Angeles basin. And it's unchanged. Really? There are. I know it's incredible. There's wet years and dry years. You know, you look at it.

No, it's not caused by climate change. I mean, certainly warmer weathers, all else being equal, makes the wood, you know, drier. But there is no change in precipitation over since 1877. They've kept very good records of rainfall, annual rainfall in the Los Angeles basin. And it's unchanged. Really? There are. I know it's incredible. There's wet years and dry years. You know, you look at it.

No, it's not caused by climate change. I mean, certainly warmer weathers, all else being equal, makes the wood, you know, drier. But there is no change in precipitation over since 1877. They've kept very good records of rainfall, annual rainfall in the Los Angeles basin. And it's unchanged. Really? There are. I know it's incredible. There's wet years and dry years. You know, you look at it.

I just posted on X. It's just people can go look at it. It's from the Almanac. Yeah. No change in precipitation at all in Los Angeles. There have been Santa Ana winds in January many times in the past. There have been, you know, and by the way, this is a dry year now, but the last two years were very heavy rains. Too heavy. Yeah. Mudslide heavy. Yeah. And so, you know, it's extremes.

I just posted on X. It's just people can go look at it. It's from the Almanac. Yeah. No change in precipitation at all in Los Angeles. There have been Santa Ana winds in January many times in the past. There have been, you know, and by the way, this is a dry year now, but the last two years were very heavy rains. Too heavy. Yeah. Mudslide heavy. Yeah. And so, you know, it's extremes.

I just posted on X. It's just people can go look at it. It's from the Almanac. Yeah. No change in precipitation at all in Los Angeles. There have been Santa Ana winds in January many times in the past. There have been, you know, and by the way, this is a dry year now, but the last two years were very heavy rains. Too heavy. Yeah. Mudslide heavy. Yeah. And so, you know, it's extremes.

I mean, that's why California is so beautiful. It's a place of extremes. And so we, you know, we adapt to that. I mean, you know. But there's been no, in the aggregate, change in rainfall in 140 years. No, absolutely not.

I mean, that's why California is so beautiful. It's a place of extremes. And so we, you know, we adapt to that. I mean, you know. But there's been no, in the aggregate, change in rainfall in 140 years. No, absolutely not.

I mean, that's why California is so beautiful. It's a place of extremes. And so we, you know, we adapt to that. I mean, you know. But there's been no, in the aggregate, change in rainfall in 140 years. No, absolutely not.