This is a pretty dishonest take. The power outages are critical to preventing wildfires, and the reason Silicon Valley and San Francisco are not affected is because that's not where the fire risk is. https://twitter.com/jwz/status/1187873178963628032 …
The lines would need to be de-energized even if all the equipment was working perfectly. The problem is also one of insufficient monitoring and modeling. See https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2018/11/why-did-catastrophic-camp-fire-start.html …
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I agree that if we lived in a better world, things would be better. It's hard to disagree with. But given the state of the power grid right now, shutting large parts of it down is the responsible thing to do, which is why your blog post made me mad.
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Pinboard you are KILLING me. Please put these tweets in a lead cave under the desert for 20,000 years
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