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A combustible world: "Any city can burn now. "
21st-century fires
"The intensity of the fire ...burned basically the same way as the ones in LA. You had the drought, you had the fuel, you had the wind and that’s all you need. That can be recreated anywhere in the world. Any city can burn now. "
"Don’t look at the fire, look at the wind. If the wind is blowing over you, it means the embers are, too. The fire could be 2 miles away, but if the wind is toward you, the embers are, too, and act accordingly."
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/wildfires-los-angeles-climate-crisis-john-vaillant
"Fire fuel "used to be thought of as "the bush" leaf litter, grasses, shrubs, trees, in short Australian biodiversity. Now it is also houses, all the stuff and the petrol derived products and infrastructure.
Bushfire fuel classification overview >>
https://www.afac.com.au/docs/default-source/burning/bushfire-fuel-classification-overview.pdf?sfvrsn=8&download=false
#fires #bushfires #Fossilfuels #combustion #wind #cars #HomoFagrans #energy #petrotopia #plastic #housing #cities #sprawl #flammable #fuel #chemicals #trauma #vegetation #biodiversity #TheBush #HazardReduction #ClimateBreakdown
And how did we get to this point? Believe it or not, it started with coming up with a substitute for #ivory...
The plastic paradox: How plastics went from elephant saviors to #EcoVillains
Do the benefits of plastics outweigh the costs?
by Ross Pomeroy
January 23, 2024
"It was 1869, and something needed to be done.
"With the price of ivory skyrocketing, billiard ball manufacturers were scrambling for an alternative. The prized material derived from elephant tusks was being used to craft such things as knife handles, piano keys, dice, dominoes, chessmen, and yes, billiard balls. Now, with #elephants growing scarce from overhunting, the wonder material was becoming difficult to procure and unreasonably expensive. After all, one tusk would yield just four or five balls. Leading pool table manufacturer Phelan and Collender offered $10,000 ($225,000 today) to any inventor who could discover a replacement for ivory.
"Albany inventor John Wesley Hyatt answered the call, molding together camphor, nitrocellulose, and alcohol under extreme pressure. His concoction, called celluloid, was one of the first synthetic plastics. While Hyatt’s creation proved an unwieldy material for billiard balls — insufficiently durable and mildly explosive when struck — it inspired others to formulate something better. A few decades later, American chemist Leo Baekeland came up with the petroleum-derived Bakelite. It became the first commercially successful synthetic plastic, and very likely saved elephants from #extinction."
[The article goes on to mention how #plastics and #PFAS are interconnected...]
"According to the authors of the report, plastic additives may be the most pernicious. These substances augment plastics to make them more useful to consumers: stronger, more pliable, less #flammable, non-stick, etc. However, large observational studies and research in lab animals indicate they are harming human health.
"The substances could be increasing cancer rates, reducing birth weights, inhibiting antibody responses to vaccines, raising blood pressure, and contributing to infertility. These compounds include polybrominated diphenyl ethers (#PBDE), phthalates, bisphenol A (#BPA), and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (#PFAS).
"Philip J. Landrigan, a professor, pediatrician, and Director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College, is the lead author of the Minderoo-Monaco Commission report. He spoke with Big Think about the potential harms of plastic additives.
"Landrigan was a pediatrician during the 1970s, when lead in gasoline, paints, and toys was secretly poisoning children. He says chemicals leaching from plastics constitute a similar threat: As they’re not chemically bound to the plastic matrix, they can easily escape into the environment. #PBDEs, added as #FlameRetardants in furniture and other products, have been found in house dust and are neurotoxic, he says.
“The thousands of chemicals in plastics — #monomers, additives, processing agents, and non-intentionally added substances — include amongst their number known human #carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, #neurotoxicants, and persistent organic #pollutants,' Landrigan and his fellow authors wrote in the report.
"Given these negative effects, it may seem as if plastic is a fire-breathing dragon. While it began as an ally, it has now turned against us. If we don’t get the dragon back under control, it could spell our downfall.
"To respond to threats from plastics, the experts on the Minderoo-Monaco Commission called for a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty comparable to the Paris Climate Agreement to combat climate change. As part of the treaty, they insist that a 'cap on global plastic production with targets, timetables, and national contributions' is needed. Global plastic use is estimated to nearly triple by 2060."
Read more:
https://bigthink.com/the-present/plastics-costs-benefits-paradox/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
#Crapitalism #BanPlastics
#WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PlasticRain
"The increasing severity of #wildfires and #drought highlights that reforming #ForestStewardship – taking better care of the forests, including safeguarding #OldGrowthForests – is one of our best hopes to protect communities across B.C.
Harmful #forestry practices like #clearcutting and #unsustainable #IndustrialLogging make extreme heat and wildfires worse. #Clearcuts are #tinderboxes, more prone to creating embers because dead trees and branches dry out in the hot sun and become more #flammable. Tree plantations and improperly tended young forests also increase wildfire risk: Younger trees have thinner bark and low-hanging branches that can act as ladder fuels, and the trees are often planted too close together, making it easy for fire to spread.
Fortunately, intact and properly managed #forests are more resilient to the worsening wildfires and heatwaves. For example, #OldGrowth #rainforests have dense canopies which provide cooling shade that resists fire. They are cooler and wetter than young forests, acting as giant sponges. Old-growth trees in the drier interior have thick bark, high branches and are widely spaced which all reduce #WildfireRisk.
For those of you who live in #LosAngelesCounty and need to dispose of #Solvents, #Automotive, #Flammable, or #Electronics, LA Sanitation has toxic waste collection centers throughout the area. These serve LA city & county residents. #FREE service by totally helpful & courteous staff. Although the one near me is closed at the moment and ended up having to drive to Sun Valley, these centers are so helpful when you have toxic waste. But make sure to check what is or isn’t accepted. https://www.lacitysan.org/cs/groups/public/documents/document/y250/mdew/~edisp/cnt010031.pdf
MikeMathia.com 
#Police release #image of #man after #flammable #device left outside #LGBTQ+ #business.
The newly-released #image shows a bearded #man wearing #glasses, a #pink #ballcap and a #blue #PinkFloyd “#WishYouWereHere” #Hooded #sweatshirt.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewHampshire #Hate #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/28/new-hampshire-concord-police-lgbtq-investigation/
Ukraine Daily Summary - Wednesday, December 20
UN records 142 cases of Russia's summary executions of Ukrainian civilians -- Russia says recent US-Finland defense cooperation deal won't go 'unanswered' -- Russia uses tear gas against Ukrainian troops on southern front -- Hyundai to sell its sole Russian car plant for symbolic price -- and more
https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Wednesday,%20December%2020/
#CorrectingMisInformation: according to insurers, #EVs are 20 to 80 times less likely to catch on fire than their #fossilfuel counterparts. Which if you think about it isn’t too surprising given that fossil fuel is quite #flammable. I mean, when bad guys on tv want to cause a #fire they literally slosh #gasoline around and toss a match.
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/ignore-that-bomb-someone-lit-a-fire
¿Inflamable significa flamable? ¡Qué país este! #flammable #inflammable #palabras #words #lenguaje #language https://resolviendolaincognita.blogspot.com/2018/08/por-que-inflamable-significa-flamable.html
Is Diatomaceous Earth Flammable?
Google keeps throwing nonsense at me! For the record, it is not flammable.
#AutisticWriters #comedy #DiatomaceousEarth #flammable #Google #GoogleDevices #shortcast #YourAutisticLife
https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2023/09/26/is-diatomaceous-earth-flammable/
The #Starliner delays are so disappointing. I was so eager to see a no-weld pressure vessel in orbit and the manufacturing method of the crew #capsule was amazing and original.
It was disappointing when the #alcohol/#LOX RS-88 #thrusters w/ #hypergolic versions.
The #ServiceModule delays were even more outrageous.
And #flammable tape.
It feels like the only #innovation that happened was the pressure vessel.
Just weeks before the first flight of the #Starliner was due to occur, Boeing announced on June 1 that there were two serious issues with the rocket.
One involved the "soft links" in the lines that connect the Starliner capsule to its parachutes, and the second problem came with hundreds of feet of P-213 glass cloth tape inside the spacecraft found to be #flammable.
Former Grenfell MP quits Labour, saying she’s ‘not welcome here’ | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/04/27/former-grenfell-mp-quits-labour-saying-shes-not-welcome-here/
#Train carrying "lithium-ion batteries, paint and oxygen containers" derailed in Wisconsin, but no fire. A *wee* bit #flammable. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/28/1172700301/train-derailment-wisconsin-mississippi-river
Prusament PETG "Matte Black" is my favourite black filament so far. Objects look gorgeous, and the matte finish disguises 3D printing artefacts.
One big downside: The filament seems highly flammable (test it!). It burns almost like a sparkler, and it is tough to put out.
Usually, PETG is very safe regarding flames; it does melt but does not readily catch fire. Adding a flame retardant would be a sensible thing.
