• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    22 days ago

    I hope they can use some of this money and personnel on controlled burns and other fire prevention. We spend way too much managing the symptoms rather than the disease.

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      22 days ago

      Or we could just let sheep graze the hills. Would be a cheap alternative to guy prevention and would make some farmers happy too.

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        22 days ago

        Yeah I think a lot more reforms are needed than just this, but I’m hoping this will play a part.

        I’d personally much rather restore wild herbivores than expand livestock grazing but if the former isn’t viable then I’m open to the latter.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 days ago

    Good, but I feel like they let PG&E off with a slap on the wrist. I’m not 100% sure they were 100% responsible for that fire, but I do believe they were more negligent than they were fined for. Nothing “personal” against PG&E or anything like that but I feel like they could have had better safety regulations that may or may not have prevented that one big fire a few years back.

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      22 days ago

      PG&E went broke, with shareholders losing everything, and the victims ending up with ownership of the firm

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        22 days ago

        Is what should have happened. Instead, bankruptcy protection shed debts, and now they’re more profitable than ever before… CPUC has failed the people it was created to protect.

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    21 days ago

    That’s good the work is not seasonal. The permanent workers should be 90% focused on fuel reduction and fire breaks.