Los Angeles Wildfires: Human Impotence and Government Incompetence

I was in LA a few times in 2024. Each time I went, I thought it is the most obviously unsustainable place I've ever seen. It's like a tinder box wooden structure on an oceanside cliff in a earthquake and fire zone. There's not enough water and resources to support the population. The economics of the city is FUBAR. The list goes on and on.

The hubris of people who imagine they can "manage the climate" by regulating CO2 is just part of the zany incompetence of the government of California and the lefty corporate entities out there. The climate is going to do whatever it's going to do. Humanity as a whole is just along for the ride. Even just somewhat out of the ordinary weather events like the Santa Ana winds in LA are too much for a city's worth of firefighting equipment. The idea a handful of "experts" and their opinions is going to steer 8 billion people's activity successfully to set earth's thermostat is utter retardation.

CO2 emissions from cars are only 10% of emissions from global human activity. I didn't know that until recently. The entire automotive industry is being regulated by governments around the world for that? Sure whatever.

The mayor and other officials of LA seem grossly incompetent, even by typical government official standards, and they made awful decisions about budgeting and staffing a critical service like the fire department--but they're black women lesbians and the like, so that's more important I guess. That said, I am skeptical there were competent people to choose from in the elections: why would there be?

Citities are maladaptive. Actually I think any entity composed of large numbers of people is inherently maladaptive and has an inherent tendency toward utter destruction. The worst types of people will always take over any group with more than a few dozen humans.