Okay, so it's been a bit over 2 weeks since this come on, but by now some of the hysteria may've settled and maybe a Bex and a good lie down may've helped a couple of excited posters. My qualifications may only be in Climate Science, National Park Management and Conservation, but I'd come to the same conclusion about Australia and our CO2 balance. But I came by it by using CSIRO published information in the BushFire Management Handbook. Calculated on typical vegetation densities and growth rates I found that our natural forests stretching from the Daintree to the Otways easily absorb all of the anthropogenic CO2 generations. Before we include the ocean sink. And remember that the Southern Hemisphere Atmosphere doesn't mix with the Northern Hemisphere. The winds don't blow across the equator. They mix, but they don't blow across. It isn't as simple a relationship as some would have you believe. Good demonstration of this was the recent Chilean volcanic ash cloud. It remained in a narrow band as it circled the Southern Hemisphere.