The California Wildfires and How to Stop Them

Today I want to tackle the California wildfires. I believe the current cost of fighting the wildfires in California is currently estimated at $100 million. One estimate for fighting the wildfires last year was over $1 billion. And now Governor Schwarzenegger wants to start charging the average homeowner $12 a year or to pay for emergency services? What the hell? Aren't emergency services provided by the funds received through various taxes already levied against residents? I have a great idea, why not invest in a seawater desalination plant and use irrigation pipelines to irrigate the countryside. It does not take a genius to see that wet foliage is harder to burn then dry foliage. I mean come on, this year's wildfires were started by a lightning strike! I'm not stupid, I understand that this plan would be extremely expensive, possibly into the billions. But look at the massive amount of money that has been spent in just the past five years on fighting wildfires. The plan also has the added benefit of providing fresh drinking water to areas that are drought prone to begin with. A simple desalination plant, run 365 days a year would provide too much water for simple irrigation and the surplus could easily be used in areas like Los Angeles, which almost every year, have to deal with water shortages. Wake up California. I understand that not every single person in California is a movie star with millions of dollars to spend. A lot of my family lives in a small town known as Brentwood in California and they are not rich and neither are their neighbors. But I do know for a fact there are enough people with exorbitant amounts of money that could donate to help bring this plan to fruition. And for you global warming people out there imagine how much cleaner the air quality in California would be with all of those green plants growing instead of burning. Oh and by the way, all of that burning vegetation is generating uncounted tons of carbon that is being released directly into the atmosphere. There is some food for thought!