{"id":1999548,"date":"2023-08-13T19:12:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T23:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/expert-tells-climate-alarmists-to-pump-the-brakes-on-maui-fire-narrative-he-published-a-warning-years-ago-predicting-this\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T19:15:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T23:15:29","slug":"expert-tells-climate-alarmists-to-pump-the-brakes-on-maui-fire-narrative-he-published-a-warning-years-ago-predicting-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/expert-tells-climate-alarmists-to-pump-the-brakes-on-maui-fire-narrative-he-published-a-warning-years-ago-predicting-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate alarmists urged to slow down on Maui fire narrative &#8211; Expert&#8217;s warning from years ago comes true."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexpert-tells-climate-alarmists-to-pump-the-brakes-on-maui-fire-narrative-he-published-a-warning-years-ago-predicting-this%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999548&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In the Broadest\u200b Sense,\u2064 Occam&#8217;s Razor: The\u2062 Theory That Simplicity is Key<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200c the broadest\u200b sense, <strong>Occam&#8217;s \u2064razor<\/strong> is the theory that,\u200b more often \u2063than \u200cnot, the simplest answer is the correct\u200b answer.<\/p>\n<p>The far left \u2062often bastardizes \u200cOccam&#8217;s razor by positing maddeningly simplistic answers for all the world&#8217;s ills.<\/p>\n<p>Deep-rooted and complicated socioeconomic issues eating away at the \u200bunity of Americans? Oh, well that&#8217;s racism\u200b and\/or sexism.<\/p>\n<p>That same logic is found when dealing with the \u2062fluctuating state of this planet Earth. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-restricts-utensils-napkins-restaurants-fight-climate-change-reduce-waste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anything \u2062and everything<\/a> falls at the feet of the global boogeyman known as &#8220;climate \u2062change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(To be clear, we should \u200calways be good stewards \u200dof this planet \u2014 just\u2064 not with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-opens-door-bill-gates-style-sun-dimming-plan-fight-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comically \u200devil \u200bplans<\/a> ripped from &#8220;The\u2064 Simpsons&#8221; that will actively make lives worse\u200d for the citizens of said planet.)<\/p>\n<p>So you&#8217;ll be positively unsurprised to\u2062 learn that when utter \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-deadly-hawaii-fire-destroys-everything-leaves-church-seemingly-unscathed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tragedy<\/a> struck the beautiful Hawaiian island\u2062 of Maui in the form \u200bof devastating wildfires, leftist shills were quick to pin the blame on climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Just look at this post from The New York Times \u200con X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the article it promoted was published Thursday, when \u200cthe death toll was \u200b36. On Sunday, the number of known deaths from the fire had reached \u206293, according to \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/maui-wildfires-lahaina-death-toll-updates-deadliest-natural-disaster-hawaii-statehood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Maui fires are\u200d already one\u200b of the deadliest wildfires in\u2063 modern U.S. history. How \u200bdid it \u2063happen in a state defined by its\u200c lush vegetation? The explanation \u200bis straightforward: As the planet\u200d heats up, no place is protected from disasters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4yY82dLdB1\">https:\/\/t.co\/4yY82dLdB1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The New York Times\u2063 (@nytimes)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1689792516403376128?\">August 11, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The \u200dexplanation \u2063is\u200b straightforward: As the planet\u2062 heats up, no place is protected from disasters,&#8221; the post confidently \u200bproclaims.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t take \u200bmuch \u200dsleuthing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/expert-tells-climate-alarmists-to-pump-the-brakes-on-maui-fire-narrative-he-published-a-warning-years-ago-predicting-this\/\" title=\"Climate alarmists urged to slow down on Maui fire narrative - Expert's warning from years ago comes true.\">find \u2063similar sentiments echoed<\/a> throughout X:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is such \u200da \u200btragedy. What\u200b climate change?<\/p>\n<p>Maui, Hawaii <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MWNGAdoqjX\">pic.twitter.com\/MWNGAdoqjX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miss Jillybean  (@MissJilianne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissJilianne\/status\/1689316252563787776?\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The \u2062scene in Lahaina, Maui this \u2062morning is absolutely \u200bdevastating.<\/p>\n<p>The entire \u200btown is being destroyed by an intense wildfire, forcing residents to \u200dsheek shelter in the \u200docean.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake, climate\u200d change is making scenes\u2062 like this more frequent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dttFnAwEeJ\">pic.twitter.com\/dttFnAwEeJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200d Edgar McGregor (@edgarrmcgregor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edgarrmcgregor\/status\/1689284636361248768?\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a vapid post moving the goalposts \u200b\u2014 \u200cyet again \u2014 in a\u2063 pathetic attempt to argue that it really <em>is <\/em>climate\u200d change.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Amid\u200b the devastating Maui fires, I see many arguing, &#8220;it&#8217;s \u2062weather, arson\u2013anything but climate change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s \u200cset the\u200b record\u2062 straight. Climate change doesn&#8217;t\u2062 usually start \u2062the fires; but it intensifies them, increasing the area \u200dthey\u2062 burn + making them much more dangerous.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4BTvTzM5Pt\">pic.twitter.com\/4BTvTzM5Pt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe \u2063(@KHayhoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KHayhoe\/status\/1689631703701078016?\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, as is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-change-theory-smoke-drone-video-shows-man-sparking-wildfire-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">often the case<\/a>,\u200b it&#8217;s \u2062time to throw\u2063 an\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kurt-schlichter-leftists-want-you-to-shut-up-about-the-disaster-they-are-provoking\/\" title=\"Kurt Schlichter: Leftists Want You to Shut Up About the Disaster They Are Provoking\">ice-cold bucket<\/a> of water on those climate alarmists \u2062(and\u2063 their theories \u200bas well, if you must).<\/p>\n<p>As \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/experts-throw-cold-water-dem-claims-hawaii-wildfires-caused-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported, Clay Trauernicht, a \u2063professor and environmental management expert at the University of Hawaii\u2062 at\u2064 Manoa, wants to pump the brakes on all this climate panicking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blaming this on weather \u200cand climate is misleading,&#8221; Trauernicht wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/claytrau\/status\/1689180193620213760?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thread\u200d of\u200c tweets<\/a> published\u2063 Wednesday.\u200d &#8220;Hawai&#8217;i&#8217;s fire \u2064problem is \u2062due\u2062 to the vast \u2064areas of unmanaged, nonnative grasslands from\u2062 decades of declining agriculture.<\/p>\n[firerfly_poll]\n<p>&#8220;These savannas now cover about a million acres across the main \u200bHawaiian Islands, mostly the\u200b legacy of \u200cland clearing for plantation agriculture and ranching in the late 1800s\/early 1900s. The transformation \u200bto \u2064savanna makes the landscape way more \u2064sensitive to bad &#8216;fire weather&#8217; \u2014 hot, dry, windy conditions. It also means we get huge buildups of fuels during rainy periods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And \u200cif anyone thinks\u2062 that Trauernicht is some sort of reactionary,\u200c opportunistically using the disaster to\u2064 make a point, the man&#8217;s been sounding the alarm since at least 2019, when he penned a letter to the editor in\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mauinews.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/2019\/02\/maui-has-the-know-how-to-deal-with-wildfire-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Maui\u2062 News<\/a> \u200cabout\u2062 far less\u200b devastating fires.<\/p>\n<p>Look, sometimes the simplest \u200canswer really\u200b is best.\u2063 Humans have a maddening \u2064tendency to over-complicate things (just look at any time \u200cVice President Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mongolian-prime-ministers-reaction-kamala-harris-begins-speak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opens her \u200cmouth<\/a> to speak.)<\/p>\n<p>But in this case, it&#8217;s really not\u200c a simple answer. Democrats and the left would have \u200byou \u2063believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-punishes-the-poor-by-banning-gas-powered-cars\/\" title=\"California Punishes the Poor by Banning Gas-Powered Cars\">banning gas-powered cars<\/a> (and stoves)\u2064 and\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-suffers-devastating-defeat-war-beef-researchers-discover-happens-feed-cattle-seaweed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preventing cows from farting<\/a> will save all of \u200bus.<\/p>\n<p>If it were\u200b actually that \u2064simple, great! Sign us all up. Surely we could all use a little less bovine\u200b flatulence in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not that simple, it&#8217;s \u2063never \u200cbeen that simple, and based on what Trauernicht had\u2064 to say\u2064 about those\u200d tragic Lahaina fires, it will never be that \u200dsimple.<\/p>\n<p>This planet that God\u200b gifted us is a complicated tapestry\u200d of give\u200b and take. \u2064There is no one-size-fits-all solution, no matter how much advertising money\u200b the Democrats throw behind\u200b catchy slogans that claim otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that \u2064you \u200dcan \u2062only\u200c sell simple \u200bsolutions for so long before \u200bpeople start asking for real\u200b answers.<\/p>\n<p>The post\u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/expert-tells-climate-alarmists-pump-brakes-maui-fire-narrative-published-warning-years-ago-predicting\/\">Expert Tells Climate Alarmists to Pump the Brakes on Maui Fire Narrative &#8211; He Published\u200b a Warning Years Ago Predicting \u2062This<\/a> appeared \u200dfirst on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occam&#8217;s razor suggests that the simplest answer is usually correct. However, the far left misuses it by offering overly simplistic solutions to complex issues. 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