Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires
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How Many Fires Are There and Where Did They Come From?
So I guess the first question is, thank you for doing this. Are we rolling? We're rolling. Okay. Let's roll, shall we? Good to be with you, Tucker.
Nice to see you.
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believe there's five active fires right now and these are ignition driven fires meaning that this these are all this is all shopper all or you know uh scrubland you know brush area so this isn't this is different than the sierra forests right these are not forest fires Yeah, these are not forest fires. And that doesn't mean that you're doomed to them, but it's not the same problem that we get in the Sierras. So they're ignition-driven and they're obviously wind-driven, but there's nothing unusual. I just interviewed a climate scientist about this, or rather an environmental forest scientist about this. There's nothing unusual about this. I mean, it is somewhat unusual to get... You have a dry period and then the Santa Ana winds in January, but it's not like that never happens. I'm working my way there. Of course. The important thing to know is that the National Weather Service put out a fire warning on January 2nd and a local weatherman actually forecasted on January 1st.
they said we're headed towards a super dangerous moment um the next day the national weather service los angeles held a briefing to underscore that point the day after that the mayor flew to ghana i mean it's crazy like you would have public press conferences yeah these were oh i mean it's absolutely public and it goes to the politicians first but it's all said publicly it's the national weather service so So that was like literally on the first or second, the governor should have called out the National Guard. He should have called all of our neighboring states. He should have called Canada and Mexico, asked for all their backup help. They should have started circling C-130s that are especially retrofitted that can dump the fire retardant or water.
They should have had helicopters circling to see where the fires were. It should have been immediate mobilization.
Pardon my ignorance. First of all, I didn't see that news when it happened. But I didn't know that, so it was really clear to the people who run the city and the state that you had this combination of dry conditions and heavy winds, high winds.
Yeah, and because there's so many ignitions, because of really these two factors, mostly the electrical wires brushing up against vegetation and triggering a fire, that's kind of one of the main ones. The other one is homeless people starting fires all over LA. Half of all fires put out by the LA Fire Department are started by homeless people. It's been that way for years.
Why do homeless people start fires?
Well, you know, it turns out meth heads love to start fires. You know, there's just every drug has its kind of weird element to it. But meth heads love starting fires. They love destroying things like meth is like the drug of nihilism. So it's like perfect drug for L.A. and California at the moment. So it's not these are not cooking fires.
They could be cooking fires. But starting fires to destroy things. Yeah, oh, for sure. Oh, yeah, for sure. But it's not evil or anything.
No, totally fine. Yeah, what could go wrong?
But isn't classically starting fires and torturing animals, aren't those like signs of sociopathic behavior?
Psychopathy, yeah. I mean, for sure. I mean, look, meth makes you psychopathic. It makes you psychotic. It's meth-induced psychosis. But, I mean, yeah, and all the crazy... I mean, people behave... I mean, things that people do on meth, I mean, it is like...
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How Many Fires Are There and Where Did They Come From?
0:00–53:06
2
Are Homeless People Starting Fires?
53:06
3
What Role Does DEI Play in Fire Departments?
3:46–9:18
4
How Do Leftists Blame Climate Change for Fires?
9:18–9:42
5
Why Is Gavin Newsom Not Taking Action on Fires?
9:42–13:15
6
What Is the Golden Age of Journalism?
13:15–2:19:18
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