So California has just endured the deadliest wildfires in the history of that state and people want to know the cause. I feel that the technical cause was likely some combination of private ownership of the state's energy sector yielding a lack of concern with the public's basic safety and well-being in the area of fire prevention (e.g. the damaged power line that reportedly started the first blaze was owned by PG&E, which has amassed a long record of safety code violations that have cost them huge volumes of money in lawsuits) and recent budget cuts to California's state and local fire prevention services in the name of balancing budgets that were only out of balance in the first place because of corporate tax giveaways, but that this situation was exacerbated by global artificial warming leading to dryer-than-usual conditions.
I find it absurd that the government of California responded by committing to protecting PG&E's solvency above the public safety. They actually will now be allowed to compensate for any legal damages they may incur as a result of this catastrophe by hiking the rates of their customers! Seriously? Yes, seriously! They can (almost certainly, even state authorities themselves seem to believe) cause a catastrophe like this and then charge their victims for the associated legal costs! Un-$#@!ing-believable. It shows you just how little difference there can be between having a Republican governor and a Democratic one sometimes.
What do you think is the real cause of this IMO very unnatural disaster?