To Rake California
What would it cost?
There are 33,061,888 square miles of national parks in California, this does not account for road sides, county vacant lots, private ranch land, and other wild brush areas.
It would take one man approximately six months
working 40 hours a week to rake a flat square mile. Assuming half the terrain is
rugged, it would take nine months, with no vacations. Paying him $40000 and
buying nine $12 rakes, as they wear out.
We have to provide uniforms, a
trailer in remote areas, water to meet OSHA requirements and porta-potties... Okay 3 trailers, 3 water tankers, and color uniforms. I’m picking lime green uniforms, so they can see each
other, and the bees won’t attack the employees.
Cost 1,078,227,968. – one billion for just some raking under the dead trees and three foot high dead brush.
Raking doesn’t get rid of brush that is three to
four feet high; therefore,
we need weed whackers first, and those create
sparks, use gas and are about $ 500 for a commercial unit that works maybe six
months, then needs cleaning and repairs. Employees need safety gear. Buy goggles, snake pants, high boots, ear
hearing protect-ants, and dust masks – throw in four hundred dollars a head.
Cost of some of these items to be replenished monthly; therefore, annual cost
of one million dollars.
Add in another billion for labor
Oh, wait,
we need a dozer or three or fifty at
$120000 each plus the licensed guy/gal at $90000 a year okay that’s $6,000,000
+ $450,000
And lots of management that costs four times what
the workers get, throw in two billion for them.
California must cut down the billion dead trees
that the borer beetle, bad sucking moths and critters killed.
We can’t move
them, as it spreads the bugs.
We can’t burn them, that gets out of control.
Ah,
yes,
we’ll cut them up and bury them with the dozers building Hugelkultur compost piles the size of small mountains.
This nourishes the earth, so the Sierra Club won’t protest my ideas.
Anyone who
protests, hand them a rake (20000 rakes at twelve dollars each).
The brush is not green as in the above photograph.
We
need four billion dollars to rake up California’s forests.
We need to complete the raking and cleaning program every other year.
Make me rake czar
and I can do it cheaper, maybe half price, as I will hire prison gangs
that work fires and pardon everyone on marijuana possession. We can get students to work in the summer and forgive their student loans for minimum wage plus $30 an hour of loan balance.
Please advise what I missed in the comments.
We don't need to ask the Finnish President Sauli Niinisto says he never told
President Trump they rake their forests, and don't to prevent fires. "No raking cleaning and doing things..."
I bought 20 rakes come on by amd pick up my donation to start.
