Yay, we’re all going to die!
As a Canadian it appears the wildfires are about to get worse anyway thanks to climate change.
I know we have to do better but to play Canuck devil’s advocate, we are limiting the artificial removal of old-growth forest which is a human choice whereas wildfires aren’t our choice (except in the cases of arson and controlled burns).
Landfills, papermills, mining operations, gas flaring and other industries all release emissions that I think are not all accounted for. That’s why satellite imagery can get better net numbers over an estimation given by each individual organization.
True, but I think the argument is that if we’re not including natural carbon sources, we shouldn’t be including natural carbon sinks either. If we’re counting old growth forests left alone as part of a carbon credit, they it follows that we should include forest fires as a carbon debit. That or leave both off the table and just look at artificial sources and sinks for net emissions.
Australia where I’m from has been rubbish in climate change policies so far. The state governments have been doing a somewhat better job than the federal government. On a global platform it’s embarrassing.
Do you think that this will change people’s minds and affect next elections, and if yes, are there any federal politicians/parties that care about it?
The federal election last year we had a change in leadership from the liberal party to labour. Liberal’s the conservative party and their climate change policies were non-existent. Swapping coal for gas is not going to help climate change no matter how hard they try to spin it.
Labour party is supporting more renewable energy sources and electric vehicles which would have factored into their win. From what I’ve heard they’re are looking at electrifying buses in NSW. But compared with South Australia state building a hydrogen hub, federal government got a long way to go.What about trains and trams? Any menions of rail transport?
