Can someone please tell me how old these two boof-heads are?
Yes Paul and Mr O.
ALTRAV,
My guess is about 17-25 & still going to Uni & living with (off) Mum & Dad. Imagine the reaction if their parents were aware of their offsprings' antics here ?

ALTRAV,

In Paul 1405's case, I suspect alcohol is the problem. No sober, sane person would blurt out the totally unhinged, inappropriate and irrelevant stuff that he does. No matter what the subject is, he always abuses Christians, conservatives and anyone who isn't a Green.

As for the other twit, he comes from Mars.

I live in an area surrounded by Forests that have burned for weeks. I believe as some have suggested that housing must not be in areas of native trees. Roads built through forests there should not be native trees within 10 meters of the road verge, and any growth over 10 meters radius of the verge be cut so that trees do not fall over roads. Some roads have been closed for weeks due to burnt trees falling.

Reading some of the comments above suggests to me that the AGW denialists appear to be on the back foot, especially after Soot 'Beam up me Scotty' Morrison indicated in an interview on ABC today that it was business as usual in face of the obvious consequences of AGW.

The whole bunch of them are just out of touch with reality and none of them can shake off their I JUST DON'T CARE attitude when it comes to dealing with the big emitters of greenhouse gases like China, US, EU, Russia, Japan and India, who have caused Australia to be a victim of global warming.

Josephus, I applaud your initiative.
BUT, may I say that all the precautions and preparations in the world will NOT stop this from happening again.
Firstly, let us completely remove this GW CC rubbish from any scenario, it is simply irrelevant if it is actually a thing.
Secondly and here is the cold, hard fact of the fires; The precautions mentioned will always help, BUT, once you introduce wind, forget it, all bets are off.
It can be as hot as hell, and if there is no wind, you can relax.
The same fire, you introduce wind, and the embers go everywhere/anywhere.
So clear as much as you like, the wind will get you every time.
It is clear as day that there was no way of stopping this fire because of the wind alone.
They might have stood a chance but with all the fuel on the ground, the fate was well and truly sealed.
There was no need for the fire fighters to lose their lives, all they should have done was stand back and watch.
It was madness to try anything with the intensity of the fire because of the years of fuel on the ground and the ferocity of the wind.
Even a novice would know not to tangle with fire in strong winds.
So all you could do is all stand around away from the fire up on hills with vantage points and watch where the amber's were going and weep for those who lost anything and everything.
Because trying to put out this particular fire, was in anyone's opinion, shear madness.

Misopinionated, poor half-witted child,

No, people are not necessarily deniers if they propose that there are many factors, including your One-And-Only-Factor-Of Choice, your One-Great-Evil from which all wickedness flows, climate change.

Sure, CO2 probably promotes global warming, climate change if you prefer. So many other factors do too. As well there are other processes at work in Australia and always have been, such as droughts.

Then there are human decisions such as concern reduction burning or leaving the cute, furry animals alone. Pygmy possums - ah, so cute !

Yes, to an adolescent, the world is simple: focus on either One Great Good, or One Great Evil. But to mature people, the world is just a bit more complex. Yes, there is climate change (and volcanic eruptions and sun spots, yada yada), and on top of droughts and idiot policy, that all combines to create disaster.

The village idiot can sit on his wall and yell out "Garp !" while the rest of us try to nut out what to do and how to do it. Just stay sitting there, Misopinionated.

Joe