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Re:PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires, Now Faces C... by DannyBee on Monday January 14, 2019 @04:54PM (#18906896)
Sure. I wouldn't claim otherwise. However,there are some key things missing here:

1. Lot of states have strict liability of this form for utilities.

2. California is not entirely unique in the land mass of the united states (or the world) in the issues it faces here.

It is only unique in that it has not done a good job overcoming them.

All of these viewpoints seem to start from from a position that it's impossible for PG&E to succeed (due to global warming, legal climate, etc), and then ask "what do we do in that situation".

But as mentioned, it's simply not impossible for PG&E to succeed, and also no evidence that it is particularly harder than it is in similarly situated areas.

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Re:PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires, Now Faces C... by hindsightbias on Monday January 14, 2019 @05:15PM (#18907046)
Can you tell me what other state has dense urban environments in drier, rugged, forested terrain and seemingly yearly wind events > 60 mph?

Does not seem like a large venn set to me.

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Re:PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires, Now Faces C... by zrobotics on Monday January 14, 2019 @06:55PM (#18907733)
Plenty of front range Colorado would qualify. Sure, it isn't dry year-round, but it gets plenty dry during fire season. And with the pine beetle problem, there are large areas with massive amounts of fuel.
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