A terrible shame! I wonder if ...
dry brush were collected, compressed, shredded, dried, and used as clean-burning fuel in properly designed combustors, and the resulting heat used to generate electricity, ....
would the process pay for itself?
That is: Would the combined return from electric power plus elimination of brushfires be worth the expense of collection, etc?
Maybe? Is it worth a trial on a small scale?
David F Mayer