Drones, Dragon Eggs and Deception: The Wild West of "Wild" Fire Profiteers

What is up to my ungovernable umbrellabirds and munificent macaroni penguins! Welcome to the BNP and thanks so much for tuning in. We got a rip roarin' inferno of an ep for ya this week, so strap in and hold onto yer butt!

Zany audio tidbits, you ask? For days. Cameo from neighbor Reinaldo? Yup. The veggies this ep constellate around a timely and highly relevant topic: just how 'wild' are all these generationally devastating wildfires?  In 2018, California had 2 million acres torched (and the location of the fires oddly tracked to the state's proposed high speed rail line). In 2019-2020, Australia had 60 million acres scorched, and the world first heard the term "megafire." Now in 2023, Canada is undergoing its own generationally destructive wildfires, with over 11 million acres destroyed, with the conflagrations continuing as of this writing. Satellite footage showing the fires starting all at the same time. That's some seriously coordinated lightning... 

This episode asks the question: cui bono? To whom are these 'wild'fires a benefit? Turns out, a lot of unsavory entities get rich off wildfires, and the bigger the blaze, the bigger the profits. Is it so crazy to think that soulless profiteers would ignite fires intentionally in order to turn a hefty profit? Arson has been around a long time.   

There are also political and cultural interests who benefit from wildfires, specifically those who trade in the "climate action" grift (militaries and corporations get to pollute, destroy and exploit whatever Earth they want, while you and I get digital carbon footprint trackers, fake meat and cricket patties).

Finally, we hear from friend of show Jonathan Glowacki about the real sustainability he observed at a mac nut farm in Guatemala, and we read an article by Whitney Webb about Natural Asset Corporations.

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