Hot weather creates its own combustible conditions and lightening strikes. This happened in 1896.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4221366/Heatwave-January-1896-hit-49-degrees-killed-437-people.html?fbclid=IwAR0A2W380yOMUka-4hiQwtrx9718oAxL2G8U77OuA3Zl7srW-cHrPPtJntU

Hi Joe,

Deniers try deflection and the "nothing to see here" nonsense of the likes of Morrison.

Two separate issues;

Issue one: Global climate change, and mans contribution to that CC.
The evidence is overwhelming that man made green house gas emissions contribute to CC. Of course we have the same group of Deniers who 50 years ago claimed "smoking doesn't cause lung cancer" Politically they came from the conservative side of politics, the Liberal and Country (National) parties who benefited greatly from cigarette companies, the same people who today benefit from Big Oil and Big Coal money. Actions of those in the pockets of Big Oil and Big Coal; Deny climate change altogether, or if that looks to ridiculous, blame it on nature. But what ever you do don't implicate Big Oil or Big Coal, it could be detrimental to profits.

Issue two; Environmental action to alleviate the damaging effects of climate change. Since the Deniers push the line "there is no climate change, or its insignificant caused by nature", and since the denying parties have held the political sway over a long period in Australia, they have given little attention to action that would make a decent attempt to mitigate the impact of climate change on society. The conservatives simply push the line "Its business as usual, nothing to see here." If that don't work, falsely deflect the blame onto greenies and environmentalists, throw in the arsonists, and that should do the trick. Its all failed!

Well Australians are waking up to the Deniers and their political buddies, and are now demanding real action on climate change. The dilemma for the ScumO' and other conservative politicians. How to appear to be taking action on climate change without actually doing anything, and certainly without impacting on Big Oil and Big Coal profits. Maybe ScumÒ' can take another lump of coal into the parliament, or maybe he can eat it in front of the TV proving how good coal is for your digestion!

Mr O is delusional if he believes:The catastrophic bushfires of 2019/20 have crushed the AGW denialist cause. Problem for the AGW denialists is that they cannot come to terms with the fact that the burning of fossil fuels is the only probable cause of global warming that can be correlated with the rise in mean global temperature over the past 240 years.

The Historical facts of Global warming are not caused by burning coal.
Get the facts here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yze1YAz_LYM&fbclid=IwAR3oANRPj161mGD-E

Josephus,

I encourage you and your AGW denialist mates like Hasbeen, Loudmouth, individual, mhaze, Bazz, Shadow Minister, and the other usual suspects, to keep on debating the science.

Meanwhile all the smart people like me will pursue the big political issues that will change the world.

Mr O, you left off the Grand Duke of deniers, the one who calls others "you moron", "you arrogant moron" Il Duce himself ALTRAV!

Do you find it odd that this bloke gets away with calling others maggots and morons. Yet to call someone an Islamophob can land you a 30 day suspension. rather amazing.

Well I always believed all along that CO2 scare mongering was a political ploy to change the World. Now Mr O has stated his agenda.

"Meanwhile all the smart people like me will pursue the big political issues that will change the world".

This is the real agenda of the GW crusaders, they are communists, also note Paul aligns himself with the crusaders of GW campaign. it is not science, it is political. http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2011/07/25/the-goal-is-power-the-global-warming-conspiracy/#3ca252187c08

We are awake to your smug smartness Mr O. The fact is the climate is changing and the Communists have latched onto this the scare the developed countries that they are destroying the planet by their quality of life.