Your presentation and responses were concise and excellent. I wish these politicians would think in terms of weather resilience. Climate is a statistical construction. Weather is what creates risk. We need abundant and affordable energy to provide that resilience.
I agree with all of your points (including that politicians and environmentalists foregrounding glboal warming are doing a disservice). But I see your prescription as missing crucial elements (perhaps because of the hearing focus?). If you really want to boost community resilience (cut exposure and vulnerability) why leave out the need for both improved building codes (which free-market Headwaters Economics has shown barely increase costs for new construction) and for finding a way to phase out grandfathering that meant the majority of homes consumed in the Palisades fire, for instance, didn't have to meet existing building codes. More on that here: https://revkin.substack.com/p/a-wildfire-risk-watchword-grandfathered?utm_source=publication-search And here: "Wild" Fire is Inevitable; Urban Home Ignitions Are Not https://revkin.substack.com/p/wild-fire-is-inevitable-urban-home?utm_source=publication-search
Your presentation and responses were concise and excellent. I wish these politicians would think in terms of weather resilience. Climate is a statistical construction. Weather is what creates risk. We need abundant and affordable energy to provide that resilience.
When Senator Warner uses ad hominem you know he lacks a substantive rebuttal.
Thank you for your work.
Tada! It’s not really difficult, it’s just made to be difficult.
I agree with all of your points (including that politicians and environmentalists foregrounding glboal warming are doing a disservice). But I see your prescription as missing crucial elements (perhaps because of the hearing focus?). If you really want to boost community resilience (cut exposure and vulnerability) why leave out the need for both improved building codes (which free-market Headwaters Economics has shown barely increase costs for new construction) and for finding a way to phase out grandfathering that meant the majority of homes consumed in the Palisades fire, for instance, didn't have to meet existing building codes. More on that here: https://revkin.substack.com/p/a-wildfire-risk-watchword-grandfathered?utm_source=publication-search And here: "Wild" Fire is Inevitable; Urban Home Ignitions Are Not https://revkin.substack.com/p/wild-fire-is-inevitable-urban-home?utm_source=publication-search
Excellent testimony and responses to questions.