Wildfire Extinguisher

Developed nations are known to be environmentally conscious. They spend billions to monitor the environment and lower the pollution. However, they all lack on the wildfire fighting department. What is the meaning of monitoring the forests if you cannot extinguish a wildfire properly. I had previously proposed several ways to extinguish wildfires. Here is a new idea.

I propose an X-Wing with combustion engines and propellers to be used as a firefighter plane. X-Wing design will allow the plane to lift off and land vertically to almost any location. This allows logistic bases to be established close to the forest regions. Vertical takeoff requires much more engine power than a horizontal flight. Once the plane takes off and start flying horizontally, the excess engine power will be used to liquify the exhaust gases of the combustion engine. The engine will operate with liquified natural gas. As a result, the exhaust gas will contain carbon dioxide and water vapor. Both gases will be cooled and pressurized to a temperature and pressure where both carbon dioxide and water exist in the liquid form. Then, this liquified exhaust gas will be stored in fire extinguisher canisters. Which will be dropped over the fire like a bomb. As the canister approach the heat zone, the liquefied gasses will expend and the shell will explode, releasing the liquid inside.

Classical firefighting planes drop water over the fire which has minimal effect due to water being vaporized way above the ground. With my approach the canister will delay the release of the liquid. More importantly, carbon dioxide gas is heavy and would sink down to the ground. It would both cool the fire and push away the oxygen on the ground. More effective than a simple water-based extinguishing.

All developed nations have the necessary technology to build such planes. Hope they take action.