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Solvable does not imply that anyone is willing to spend the money on the solution.

It also does not imply that anyone has the will to make the changes required to solve the problem.

"Solving" California fires implies both an outlay of money and the willingness to let some homes in these fire areas burn to the ground permanently.

As such, right now, no, California megafires are not solvable.

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The latest budget allocated about a billion extra dollars to this problem. As for if we have the will, time will tell, but I’m pretty sure most Californians are pretty tired of dealing with fires year after year.

We are tired of it, but we're also too busy blaming the problem on electric utilities and cow farts. ;-)

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