So you are saying that the anti-science disinformation agent, knows something about science?

Are you for real?

Given that he does not agree with 99% of the scientists on the planet??

But is is encouraging that you sound so excited sweet pea.  I hate to have to spoil your Xmas.

But if you want to check his grasp of facts ... ask him about the population of Australia!   

Get back to us on that.

Ajax wrote on Dec 21^st, 2019 at 8:10pm:



Hahahha aa

Ask lee how many people there are in australia.   Goo warn I dare ya!

random wrote on Dec 21^st, 2019 at 7:55pm:


Nice deflection petal.

But the population figures are on the low side so it would make the number of comparative deaths higher.

But you didn't get back to us about  what was wrong with the statement. I would have thought someone as au fait with science would have something to offer.

random wrote on Dec 21^st, 2019 at 8:31pm:



Still trying to change the subject petal?

Arson, mischief and recklessness: 87 per cent of fires are man-made


CO2 and Antropogenic climate change turns people into arsonists......

random wrote on Dec 21^st, 2019 at 9:27pm:



Cheeses, not ANOTHER know-nuffin' lippy git!!!!   What is the difference between this fire and the fires 50, 100, 1000 years ago??  More houses in the way of the fire.


Did those houses spring up in fire=prone areas because of increased human CO2?  No.


Looking at the news, I am thinking that the people who built their houses in the middle of the forrest must have been out of their minds.   

Australia's changing climate
Temperature

Australia's weather and climate are changing in response to a warming global climate. Australia has warmed just over 1 °C since 1910, with most warming since 1950. This warming has seen an increase in the frequency of extreme heat events and increased the severity of drought conditions during periods of below-average rainfall. Eight of Australia’s top ten warmest years on record have occurred since 2005.


Number of days each year where the Australian area-averaged daily mean temperature is extreme. Extreme days are those above the 99th percentile of each month from the years 1910–2017. These extreme daily events typically occur over a large area, with generally more than 40 per cent of Australia experiencing temperatures in the warmest 10 per cent for that month.

Fire weather

Fire weather is largely monitored in Australia using the Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI). This index estimates the fire danger on a given day based on observations of temperature, rainfall, humidity and wind speed. The annual 90th percentile of daily FFDI (i.e., the most extreme 10 per cent of fire weather days) has increased in recent decades across many regions of Australia, especially in southern and eastern Australia. There has been an associated increase in the length of the fire weather season. Climate change, including increasing temperatures, is contributing to these changes. Considerable year‑to‑year variability also occurs, with La Niña years, for example 2010–2011 and 1999–2000, generally associated with a lower number of days with high FFDI values.

Area average of the number of days with FFDI greater than 25 (very high fire danger) in Victoria in spring for the years starting in July (1978–2017). Although there is considerable interannual variability in the index, there is also a clear trend in more recent decades towards a greater number of very high fire weather days in spring