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Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using saltwater is typically a last resort (theconversation.com)

submitted 5 months ago by MelonYellow@lemmy.ca to c/california@lemmy.world

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Saltwater corrodes firefighting equipment and may harm ecosystems, especially those like the chaparral shrublands around Los Angeles that aren’t normally exposed to seawater. Gardeners know that small amounts of salt – added, say, as fertilizer – does not harm plants, but excessive salts can stress and kill plants.

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[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

It got what plants crave!

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what happens to the salt we put on roads during the winter?

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Kills amphibians, fish, plants and the frame of my truck. People need to learn to drive or stay home.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

In the UK we don't have any special rules for winter driving but in many parts of Europe drivers are trained for these conditions and it's illegal to drive on summer tyres, driving without emergency equipment, etc.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

Rebuilding is a likely ambition. Forest growing back around homes is not going to make insurance affordable. Community solar where deforested is good use of land both for climate, and insurability. Solar displaces more CO2 than trees with 200w replacing 10 trees. For Corn ethanol, solar produces 40 times more heat energy, and 160 times more EV power relative to the ICE engine use, not that LA hills are corn ethanol candidates.