>>11293848>lack of firefighters did not start this summerYes, it did.
>You sure seem desperate to avoid the climate's roleWell obviously the climate plays an important role. If we were getting constant rain then obviously these fires wouldn't be happening.
But you have to look at this from the perspective of an Australian. We have fires every year, and they've been getting progressively worse. One year the gov cuts funding by 75% and the fires become worse than they've ever been. You'd have to be delusional to think the government isn't responsible.
Does this mean climate change isn't real? Obviously not, it clearly is happening.
Has climate change contributed towards making these fires bad? Yes, of course.
Are these fires especially bad BECAUSE of climate change? No, climate change is a very slow process and isn't noticeable on the human level (yet). Compared to last year the temperature has risen by what, maybe 0.01°C? Whereas the were so few firefighters that many of the remaining ones ended up quitting because they simply couldn't handle all the land they were put in charge of.
While I do agree that over time the fires will be becoming worse due to climate change, it's a slow process and to say these fires are especially this year primarily due to climate change is focusing too much on the long term factors and not enough on the significant short term ones.
Either way our government does a terrible job with prevention of greenhouse gas emissions so whatever way you look at it, it is our governments fault. Unless you're one of those wackjobs who thinks environmentalists are lighting fires (yes, some people actually think that)
