No evidence of suitability of prophylactic fluids for wildfire prevention at landscape scales

Reply to Santín et al.: Viscoelastic retardant fluids enable treatments to prevent wildfire on landscapes subject to routine ignitions

“…In response to our paper, Santín et al (2) state that while our approach is worthy of further exploration we did not provide sufficient support for suitability of these fluids at large scale. Specifically, they question the 1) environmental impact, 2) effectiveness through weathering, 3) economic feasibility, and 4) effectiveness in combating approaching wildfire.…”