Dana7360
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California already does manage 94% of all the forest in the state. Some 70% of it federal forests. The drought over the years has made them very flammable. PG&E has caused the majority of the fires and is entering bankruptcy.Well, California could just provide forest management. Just sayin.
That's just another result of deregulation and privatization.
First of all it always causes everything to cost more. There has to be a profit and a very large one to make the owners and stockholders filthy rich.
Second they don't do what's right. That's not their job. They don't even do what's required by law half the time. They do what's most profitable.
The electrical system in California needs to be properly regulated or to be put back in the hands of the people. If it's regulated to put in proper equipment that's going to cause everyone to have to pay a lot more for electricity. The last place the owners are going to go is their own pockets and the corporation to pay for that proper equipment. There's no way those people are going to give up even one dime of the millions they get every year. They didn't bother to use that money to put in proper equipment. They just pocketed the money.
So if the people are going to have to pay for those upgrades the people should be the ones who own it.