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> It was a nice intro about how power shutoffs impact people with different means.

I wanted more details, honestly. Very, very few people in California have been subject to wildfire safety power shutoffs. That origin story made me think the whole thing might be a grift.

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The statement that "very, very few people" have been affected is false, the number is in the millions[1]. Numbers have been sharply lower in 2022-2023 though we have had several mild wildfire seasons and it seems optimistic to expect that run to continue.

[1]https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/psps/

They don't turn off the power because of fires, they turn it off because of wind. The policy and doctrine about when and where to do it has been significantly changed, and that is why almost nobody got de-energized in '22, '23, or so far in '24.

I am not disagreeing with you, but how does that make your original statement any less false, or my statement less true?

Isn't the major issue that the wind causes downed energized power lines which then cause fires?

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