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Less frequent fires doesn't necessarily mean less overall fire damage. And no-fires is not only impossible, but not desirable - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

• joe_the_user 8y ago
  Indeed, bad forestry, drought, global warming and so-forth are all to blame for large fires. I don't think that implies that then PG&E should have taken the route of ignoring fire safety and imposing electrically activated "uncontrolled burn policy" here. I mean, PG&E lines starting, say, 15 fires rather than 1,500 in a given high-wind, low-moisture night might have given some of the 60 people who died a bit more time to escape.
  • Aloha 8y ago
    the 1500 number isnt probably as big as it sounds. Based on this a PG&E caused fire could be caused by someone running into a power pole or anything else that causes downed lines. Fires from power lines dont sound like a huge deal, and those 1500 fires are spread over PG&E's whole service area too