Re: THE REAL PROBLEM WITH VICTORIA's BUSHFIRES

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From: David Clayton
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:16

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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:55:37 +0000, terryc wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:16:20 +1100, David Clayton wrote:

>> Allowing the once regular
> 
> Err, that is the fallacy. They were irregular and not widespread. there
> was much of Australia that was not "regularly" burnt by aborigines.
> 
I never mentioned any human-triggered fires, forest fires are a natural
occurrence (usually triggered by lightening, I believe) and would have
been happening on a regular basis for millennia before any humans settled
in Australia. Now we knock those small fires off as soon as we can where
before they must have ran their course.

>> We can do burn-offs to try and the reduce the eventual fire intensity,
> 
> and you change the species mix and end up with species that burn hotter
> and faster.
> 
Yep, but that is the "solution" to our current situation that is being
proposed by so many - if only those pesky "greenies" were all dead then we
could do this and all our problems would be over - apparently.....

-- 
Regards, David.

David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.

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