Some cause & effect here: PG&E is not shutting down power because they get sued every time they burn down a city. They are shutting down power because they deferred maintenance for decades in order to maximize shareholder profits and now their systems are too broken to safely run
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When publicly-elected officials try to prod residents along in managing their vegetation properly for the safety of everyone else, they endure backlashes and shift to "voluntary" (eg wholly insufficient) programs:https://abc7news.com/society/mill-valley-reverses-fire-prevention-plan-after-backlash/5519714/ …
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Exactly, many back country areas that were burnt out will likely never be insured again. This will be the only thing that will stop people rebuilding in areas they were unwilling to maintain clean of vegetation.
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it’s $5-6K per tree to remove them near power lines and $3-5M per mile to underground lines. PG&E has more than a hundred thousand miles of lines and covers 70% of the vegetated terrain in California. While I agree with you they are negligent in many cases,