I've seen this argumentation quite a lot, even in the local media, but there are quite a lot of factors that have built up to a series of bushfires the size of Belgium (some 3 million hectares): notably has been the refusal to allow back burning (a safety measure), failing to follow the advice of the indigenous in fire management, reduction in spending on the fire brigades itself, the remoteness and inaccessibility of the fires (Oz had a very low population density, meaning no roads), and rugged terrain. To then have 30m flame height, means that fire trucks are ineffective.
As someone who's been in the shadow of fire for nearly 2 straight months, I can clearly attest to the death of animals. Never before have I seen so many roos in my area, hit by cars, as everyone is fleeing the choking smoke and flames.
To chalk it all up to climate change (which is clearly a factor) is both disingenuous and rather disrespectful to the amazing volunteers that are out there fighting these monstrous fires.
Please refrain from deliberately adding a political angle to what is a highly stressful time.
If you are right, what would voting in an ALP or even Green government have done to avert global climate change and these fires? And when would they have to have been voted in to have stopped these fires being so obviously devastating?
I understand that any movement towards a goal is useful to a certain extent but Australian domestic policies have little (but not no) impact on global climate change.
"His crime. Pushing over 46 hectares of scrub on his own property to make a twenty meter wide firebreak in a bush fire prone area between DEC controlled scrub."
mavdi|6 years ago
cmroanirgo|6 years ago
As someone who's been in the shadow of fire for nearly 2 straight months, I can clearly attest to the death of animals. Never before have I seen so many roos in my area, hit by cars, as everyone is fleeing the choking smoke and flames.
To chalk it all up to climate change (which is clearly a factor) is both disingenuous and rather disrespectful to the amazing volunteers that are out there fighting these monstrous fires.
Please refrain from deliberately adding a political angle to what is a highly stressful time.
docdeek|6 years ago
I understand that any movement towards a goal is useful to a certain extent but Australian domestic policies have little (but not no) impact on global climate change.
vixen99|6 years ago
"His crime. Pushing over 46 hectares of scrub on his own property to make a twenty meter wide firebreak in a bush fire prone area between DEC controlled scrub."
jamil7|6 years ago