Wildfire Threats Make Utilities Uninsurable in US West | As wildfire season starts, some utilities are now operating without insurance — and are on the hook if their power lines are linked to a blaze.
Wildfire Threats Make Utilities Uninsurable in US West | As wildfire season starts, some utilities are now operating without insurance — and are on the hook if their power lines are linked to a blaze.
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I'll note that as temperatures have risen, fires spread much faster
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have they tried not starting wildfires?
That requires doing pretty much all the maintenance that has been deferred for decades (PG&E for example didn't inspect power lines between their installation circa 1920 and when the cast-iron hooks holding up the wires wore through in 2018, causing the wires to fall and start a fire which took out a few towns
That's fucked up
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That doesn't sound very profitable