sanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSenators demand crackdown on wildfire “prediction market” bets | Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1612arrow-down16
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minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoWe’ve had major wildfires started by part time firefighters looking to create some work for themselves. Wildfire gambling is pretty much guaranteed to turn all of our countryside into ash.
minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 months agoI bet you it won’t.
We’ve had major wildfires started by part time firefighters looking to create some work for themselves. Wildfire gambling is pretty much guaranteed to turn all of our countryside into ash.
I bet you it won’t.