Many of the best adult books are out of print. There is no central access, no tool kit arranged by bioregion for managing the diversity of renewing fire. Whole Earth editors scanned the horizon for the good news smoke signals. Perhaps most hopeful is the new critical eye cast at fossil and nuclear fuels and combustion. Each peek at a topic stirred up new fire quests.
Humans now play with cell fire.
They want to balance cellular oxidants and antioxidants in a quest for health and longevity. We have begun to employ other oxidants, such as fluorine, to replace oxygen in the manufacture of artificial blood. For millions of years humans carried fire as hot coals they had stolen from nature. Local communities have forgotten it. Only recently have citizens probed the pyro-elite about their moral ties to community and planetary health.