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Agree with this. State should be investing heavily in solar for everyone. The future of firefighting should be heavily invested in. Have there been YC propos
by fjabre 5y ago
Agree with this.
State should be investing heavily in solar for everyone.
The future of firefighting should be heavily invested in.
Have there been YC proposals for novel firefighting tech?
If not then why not? Obviously a field ripe for disruption.
- avs733 5y agoBecause often the best fire fighting technique with wild fires is not to. Not every problem has a technological solution. Not everything should or needs to be disrupted.
- fjabre 5y agoThe two approaches are not mutually exclusive. Yes to better forest management. Of course we have to do that. The state will burn down without intervention. That is painstakingly clear.
- only_as_i_fall 5y agoWhat makes it ripe for disruption? My understanding is that the most effective response to wildfires is simply to not build flammable structures too close to forests.
- fjabre 5y agoThe forests will die without intervention. Unless you want California to become 100% desert lands. Sequoias on the Western Sierra slopes are the last in the world. And from the looks of it they don't have much time. Would you like us to clear the 3000 year old trees too? Temps are rising. We are engineers who talk of terraforming mars. Why can we not talk of doing the same thing in our own back yard?