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Read this the below link[1]. Which is a personal account of what's happening and 100% aligned with what I've seen while driving in the outback. People are leav

Read this the below link[1]. Which is a personal account of what's happening and 100% aligned with what I've seen while driving in the outback. People are leaving. The land is no longer habitable to human or animal life. Trying to write off the last 3 years as 'seasonal phenomena' is fucking insane. Significant chunk of brumby population died[2] no one's ever seen this before. Wildlife is unable to reproduce because of the heat and drought[3] The total wildlife death toll is estimated at 500m for this year alone[4] None of this is precedented. None of this is part of the 'natural cycle'. This continent is experiencing a mass extinction event and the only reason it's not all over the news is because all of the news outlets are owned by Murdoch the coal mogul who probably understands climate change but will continue funding the public denial of it just because it makes a buck. [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ecaqu4/australia_registers_hottest_day_in_recorded/fbaci2b/ https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ecaqu4/australia... [2] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-23/mass-brumby-death-discovered-in-remote-central-australia/10739178 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-23/mass-brumby-death-dis... [3] https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/cattle-have-stopped-breeding-koalas-die-of-thirst-a-vet-s-hellish-diary-of-climate-change-20191220-p53m03.html https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/cattle-hav... [4] https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/australian-bushfires-new-south-wales-koalas-sydney-a4322071.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/australian-bushfires-n...

gerspip 7y ago
> This continent is experiencing a mass extinction event and the only reason it's not all over the news is because all of the news outlets are owned by Murdoch the coal mogul who probably understands climate change but will continue funding the public denial of it just because it makes a buck. and this is where you lost that miniscule credibility you had, ideologues is exactly what the environmental issues DON'T need.
- missosoup 7y ago
  https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/01/24/comments-climate-change-denial-murdoch-news-corp/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/01/24/comments-climate-change... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/13/a-national-disgrace-australias-extinction-crisis-is-unfolding-in-plain-sight https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/13/a-nation... https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/science/biodiversity/whats-happening-to-australias-biodiversity/ https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/science/biodiversity/w... Please. Point out which part of what I said is false or 'ideologue'. And maybe not from a brand new alt account at -3 karma.
  - gerspip 7y ago
    I just did and you're proving my point even further with your latest links :)
- pergadad 7y ago
  There's one giving data and evidence and reciting the scientific consensus, and then there are climate change deniers like yourself. There's no reason or need to debate the truth. These are unprecedented fires. They have immense impact on animal and human life. You can discuss details and claim that some.things might recover naturally, but there is no way you can honestly think this is all just fine and normal.

gerspip 7y ago

> This continent is experiencing a mass extinction event and the only reason it's not all over the news is because all of the news outlets are owned by Murdoch the coal mogul who probably understands climate change but will continue funding the public denial of it just because it makes a buck. and this is where you lost that miniscule credibility you had, ideologues is exactly what the environmental issues DON'T need.

missosoup 7y ago
https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/01/24/comments-climate-change-denial-murdoch-news-corp/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/01/24/comments-climate-change... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/13/a-national-disgrace-australias-extinction-crisis-is-unfolding-in-plain-sight https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/13/a-nation... https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/science/biodiversity/whats-happening-to-australias-biodiversity/ https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/science/biodiversity/w... Please. Point out which part of what I said is false or 'ideologue'. And maybe not from a brand new alt account at -3 karma.
- gerspip 7y ago
  I just did and you're proving my point even further with your latest links :)
pergadad 7y ago
There's one giving data and evidence and reciting the scientific consensus, and then there are climate change deniers like yourself. There's no reason or need to debate the truth. These are unprecedented fires. They have immense impact on animal and human life. You can discuss details and claim that some.things might recover naturally, but there is no way you can honestly think this is all just fine and normal.