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Google and Apple campuses are far from the WUI. Their biggest concern would be toxic air pollution levels. So if these folks were operating purely out of self i
by jdavis703 5y ago
Google and Apple campuses are far from the WUI. Their biggest concern would be toxic air pollution levels. So if these folks were operating purely out of self interest they’d be working on better air purification tech (both personal devices and building-wide systems.)
And some of the most important tech is stuff that’s fairly iterative. It’s things like better modeling fire behavior, enabling pilots to fly in mountainous terrain in the dark, detecting fires earlier, etc.
- fjabre 5y agoAre their vacation homes and the places they like to spend time with their families away from the office close to the wildfires? I don't understand. Do you mean to say they are ok with half of the state burning down as long as their offices are unaffected? Air quality will affect the output of their workforce. They can probably measure it in dollars. Better offense is needed. Yes it's good to understand fire dynamics but not very useful when nothing can be done about it. I was hoping we'd figure out a better way by now than throwing more firefighting humans at the problem.