Misleading environmental numbers ed
There is so much information about the environment and our effects on it out there. Most sources contradict each other.
I want to collect multiple sources per topic and try to reverse-engineer, what the underlying assumptions are. TSince the amount of raw data fitting into this article is limited (so is my time), I might use this more as a thought collector and not to document every single step of research. Let's see.
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Nuclear power ed
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Fossil fuel ed
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Forest fires ed
https://www.cfact.org/2017/10/17/fires-far-worse-last-century/ argues that fires have been far worse in the early 20th century. And recent (mild) increases come from bad forest management (dead leaves, not harvesting wood).
Counterargument: around the 1940s, modern fire prevention campaigns started (Smokey the bear) and improved methods/funding for fire fighters. Using the low numbers of 1955-1995 as a new base-line makes sense. Since then the numbers clearly go up.
Yes forest management is also to blame. But this should include monocultures etc.