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It’s remarkably convenient for every politician in California that we’re all having this conversation about how bad PG&E is, while completely ignoring how Calif
by AmericanChopper 7y ago
It’s remarkably convenient for every politician in California that we’re all having this conversation about how bad PG&E is, while completely ignoring how California’s absolutely terrible forestry management is what’s actually been driving the risks up.
A drought combined with decades of highly aggressive fire suppression has sent the number of dead trees in CA forests skyrocketing. PG&E is an absolutely perfect scapegoat for CA politicians, but what would we say if one of our bosses told us to completely disregard mitigating impact, and instead focus all our attention on reducing the likelihood of failure to 0?
- lliamander 7y agoThis is basically what I hear from the firefighters actually having to deal with this. EDIT: not that PG&E is without responsibility, but it's just aspect in a complicated issue.
- selimthegrim 7y agoI thought the Feds owned the vast majority of the forests under question?
- lliamander 7y agoThat may be. In either case, the point is that forestry management has been poor.