[ExI] glass fire

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:35 PM
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Cc: spike <spike at rainier66.com>
Subject: Re: [ExI] glass fire

 

 

On Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 4:14 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

With a converging nozzle, you have a lot of range.

>…I think this is the disconnect.  Calculate the range, and thus the area covered per installation - even ignoring all those buildings and/or trees in the way, which reduce the area.

 

>…Compare to the area of, say, Napa County - assuming you wished to protect a large area, rather than just one winery.  Maybe just the non-wilderness area…

 

 

 

 

 

Ja, the strategy is to protect just the structures but let the forest burn.  It would be all about the structures, and not even all of those: just the ones worth a few thousand bucks to eliminate the 50-year fire risk.  It could be there just aren’t that many structures worth a few k to protect.

 

spike

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