10-01-2020, 02:42 PM
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Re: Australian Fires
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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That bloke is the dogs wotsits Galty.....The best common sense I've heard in ages.
At the very least anthropogenic actions are hugely worsening global climate change.
Refusal to recognise this by people who don't or won't or CAN'T understand the process is making matters very much worse as are political influence.
There is a very good analogy with the sinking of the Titanic when refusal to accept that it was sinking until much too late resulted in the catastrophe.
10-01-2020, 02:46 PM
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Re: Australian Fires
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Just a blinkered ignoramus telling the deluded what they want to hear.At the very least anthropogenic actions are hugely worsening global climate change.
Anyway, that does not excuse arson
10-01-2020, 02:53 PM
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Re: Australian Fires
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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Hugely?Anyway, that does not excuse arson
10-01-2020, 03:39 PM
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Re: Australian Fires
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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There have been no serious claims that the CAUSE of these fires is caused by global climate change but global climate change is creating an environment where fires become much more intense.
10-01-2020, 05:21 PM
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Re: Australian Fires
Originally Posted by Mups
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I heard today that over a billion creatures have been burned to death, and it has wiped out at least half of the Koalas too - so far.
11-01-2020, 12:55 AM
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Re: Australian Fires
Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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The unnamed sawmill manager's opinion makes perfect sense tome Brucy?
You dont need a universty degree to run a forest, experience is far
more useful?
Donkeyman aka n assman!
Saw mills don't manage forests, especially in Queensland, they clear fell old growth native timber and hope it grows back in 50 years so they can do it again. It is in his interest to have unfettered access to native forests because if it was ever decided that trees are actually good for the environment then his job might be in jeopardy.
11-01-2020, 12:59 AM
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Re: Australian Fires
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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Hugely?Anyway, that does not excuse arson
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-...cause/11855022
The world has been shocked by the scenes of devastation as the unprecedented destruction of Australia's horror bushfire season rages on.
The disaster has sparked significant media speculation that many of the blazes were deliberately lit.
While it is true firebugs remain a legitimate and serious threat, we crunched the numbers provided by police and fire authorities around the country.
NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) Inspector Ben Shepherd said earlier this week lightning was predominantly responsible for the bushfire crisis.
"I can confidently say the majority of the larger fires that we have been dealing with have been a result of fires coming out of remote areas as a result of dry lightning storms," he said.
In Victoria, where about 1.2 million hectares has burned, only 385 hectares — or 0.03 per cent — have been attributed to suspicious circumstances.
This state-by-state breakdown reveals the true impact of arson this bushfire season.
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