Saturday 29 July 2023
If only it made sense
Majority in [sic] fires in Greece were started by 'human hand', official says
Over 600 fires have swept across Greece scorching hundreds of square miles of land and leaving thousands holidaymakers stranded. Recent extreme heat in the Mediterranean has seen temperatures top 40C, as experts blame climate change for the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires.
Vassilis Kikilias told a news conference the vast majority of fires "were caused by human hands" and said they were "arsons either by criminal negligence or by intention".
However, officials have also highlighted the role of climate change in the recent extreme heat across many European countries.
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It's got bugger all to do with climate change. It's silly and futile to worry about the source of ignition. If you insist on managing land so that there are massive build-ups of combustible material you will get fires. It doesn't really matter whether they are ignited by lightning, or a discarded bottle, or an ass with a BBQ, or a malevolent teenager with a cigarette lighter. It's the fuel that's the prob, not the ignition.
I’m reminded of a news story from Italy in 2017 about the increase in wildfires which followed a new policy paying part-time firefighters by an hourly rate for time spent tackling blazes.
Italy is having problems again this year; according to the local agricultural association, some 60% of the wildfires are believed to have been started deliberately, but that hasn’t stopped BBC News filing the story under ‘Climate Change’.
dearieme - we even see the build-up here in UK woodland. Not so combustible fortunately, but many woodlands have plenty of material which in the past would have been scavenged.
Macheath - yes, they can't resist linking climate propaganda with images of huge fires. It's so crude that it ought to trigger at least some concerns unprofessional journalism by a national broadcaster, but apparently not.
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