Electricity-Caused Wildland Fires: Costs, Social Fairness, and Proposed Solution

If electric power is distributed by an overhead network of cables, the ignition of wildland fires is unavoidable, although prudent management efforts can reduce the losses. The economic aspects of these fires are driven by tort litigation, which tends to create serious problems of social fairness. T...

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Main Author: Vytenis Babrauskas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
Series:Fire
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/12/442
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