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George Whitesides: “They're only accomplishing a few million acres a year.”

Featuring: George Whitesides, Democratic | U.S. House, California, District 27

The Growing Megafire Crisis — and How to Contain It | George T. Whitesides | TED

Published July 21, 2023 | Video Starts at 05:43

The Forest Service hopes to reduce the risk on 50 million high priority acres over the next 10 years. But the challenge is that They're only accomplishing a few million acres a year. And so we're not at the pace or scale that we need to do to address this challenge. So what do we need to do? (05:43–05:48)

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Asserts that the current pace of risk reduction is only a few million acres annually.

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“They can also refill up to six times an hour.”
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“Companies like Rain and Joby Aviation are working on this vision today.”
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“The sensor system will entail both ground based, aerial and space based platforms.”
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“We can build a future in which we don't just manage fire to protect human life and property, but also to protect the biosphere.”
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