As a reminder, there are no "silver bullets", whether in solving housing availability in the UK, or in preventing wildfires in California. What there is are many, small incremental changes … (View Post)

The UK constructed a lot of decent housing in the London suburbs in the 1930s, so I don't think it's technically impossible, merely politically difficult. The problem is that too many peopl… (View Post)

It is worth noting that the devastation caused by the fires in Los Angeles aren't one tenth of the damage the Fukashima earthquake did to Japan, either financially or in terms of loss of life. I… (View Post)

Many parts of California do have controlled burns. The issue with LA is that the canyons mean there is often a lot of wind being channeled though them, even if it's fairly still generally. That … (View Post)

Errr, are you sure about that? Average house prices trebled between 1979 and 1990. It just doesn't feel as bad, because that was also a period when interest rates fell sharply. (View Post)