People only want to hear what they want to hear.greening planet = more fuel
expanding population means settlement pushing into previously uninhabited areas and more people at bushfire risk
Yes, climate change is a factor. He is concerned about his (the brigade's) people, which is understandable.
Dry conditions with low rainfall, yet too wet to backburn presents a contradiction, though.
This man is an expert on bushfires, not climate change. He makes the leap from increased bushfire incidence to greenhouse emissions without a shred of self-consciousness. It's this sort of logic (or illogic) that causes thinking people to say, hang on a minute.
There are so many factors involved in this current situation.
Factors that have changed on how we manage risk, factors on where we expose ourselves to risk, increased risk from both previous, inaction, action, disagreements the whole damn gamut!
One thing is for sure, our current management strategy for dealing with our fire risk needs to be revisited, the current strategy in the field is failing people like never before.
Recent ideolgy in management has failed after our great learnings in the previous century.
We need strong management to just do the right thing.