The world media is not covering the scope of the Australian fires..25 times the size of calif fires

[Demovictory9]

Link to tweet

Australia’s fires more than 25 times the size of the California fires & more than 3 times the size of the Amazon fires & still burning out of control... major fires now only an hour’s drive from Sydney.
The world media is not covering the scope of this...
Please share this❤

[TexasTowelie]

1. The fires are competing for media time with Bernie. nt

[greyl]

2. "...thirsty koala climb up on her bicycle and drink from her water bottle..."

Thousands of koalas are feared to have died in a wildfire-ravaged area north of Sydney, further diminishing Australia's iconic marsupial, while the fire danger increased in the country’s east as temperatures soared

https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory/thousands-koalas-feared-dead-australia-wildfires-67955136?cid=social_twitter_abcn

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212826432

[Demovictory9]

4. omg.. and their head of state is on vacation?

[hatrack]

25. Oh, he finally came back, and then watched the fireworks from his house (he insisted the show go on)

The public response has . . . not been positive.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[still_one]

3. At least the shallow US press seem to be missing in action for the most part on this

[DanieRains]

5. Exxon Must Own Our Media

4 hurricanes zero mention of GLOBAL WARMING.

[Karadeniz]

6. This is criminal neglect by the media.

[NotHardly]

7. It seems anyone who is an actual elected official at highest govt level thinks this is a good time..

to be outside the country. I know we have an idiot in the US in the WH, and I don't mean Ivanca, but damn, to leave your country-folk in their hours of need... Those wankers of national level prestige sure got balls of steel and mind like a shut steel trap is I ever heard of one. Nothing like telling your own citizens to FO&D.

[DanieRains]

8. A Lot More Than Koalas Will Be Going Extinct Soon

Fossil Fuel Addiction.

Worse than opioids.

For Planet Earth.

[True Blue American]

9. We have

A young Poster elsewhere who has been posting since he was 12, now a College student. He volunteered to fight, hands and arms burnt by back draft.

CNN just showed the fires and how bad and huge they are.

[True Blue American]

10. I just read that electric cars

Create more pollution than gas.

Also read that auto plants close due to Opoid use.

[Rstrstx]

12. Says who?

Here are a couple of videos from Engineering Explained:

[DanieRains]

18. Thanks

[True Blue American]

19. Answers

https://www.citylab.com/environment/2015/06/where-electric-vehicles-actually-cause-more-pollution-than-gas-cars/397136/


https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/05/20/are-electric-vehicles-really-better-for-the-environment/

https://www.dw.com/en/how-eco-friendly-are-electric-cars/a-19441437

https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2018/05/15/are-electric-cars-worse-for-the-environment-000660

Need more? I can show them.

[Rstrstx]

22. Sigh, did you even WATCH the first video or look at your cited articles carefully?

They either :

A) concurred with the conclusions of the video (that the amount EVs pollute is highly dependent on how "clean" the electricity is used to charge it)

B) were more concerned about the total cost/benefit to a particular state or dealt with pollutants other than CO2, or

C) were written by someone for the Manhattan Institute, a proponent of fracking (the Politico article).

Electric vehicles charged with renewable energy produce way less carbon dioxide than a gas car. Even most of the articles you cite admit as much.

Think tanks backed by oil companies have been pushing anti-EV crap for a while now and I'm sure you can find papers they've produced that introduce just enough FUD to keep someone who just glances at the topic confused; i.e. "right wing talking points".

[True Blue American]

26. I read them.

Also have Engineers connected with the Auto Companies. Family members go back 3 generations.

I am quite aware of the pollution from the batteries, the costs to make or buy them. And the draw backs.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. yeah, and windmills cause cancer

and there's a thing called "Do Nothing Democrats" on the loose.

While I engage in sarcasm, I'm well aware of so-called stealth marketing and astroturfing that tries to maintain status quo revenue streams. See, e.g., cigarettes endorsed by doctors in the past.

[malaise]

11. And yet the morons in Sydney think they should still

celebrate the New Year with fireworks. Bet the world media covers that.

[canetoad]

13. OMG malaise

You have hit the nail on the head.

To me, it's an effin' obscenity, while the country burns, to be shooting off shows of fire and sparks. Only a couple of hours here until midnight and all is quiet. Hope it stays that way.

[malaise]

14. Happy New Year to you and yours

I feel the pain for all in OZ.
I also wonder if it makes sense to play a test match in Sydney this week. Something is seriously wrong with our priorities.

[canetoad]

16. And to you sister

The cricket has been the last thing on my mind, but maybe keeping up some normal mores and traditions is the best thing to do right now. I really don't know.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. It's the lead story in Britain - not just the BBC and Guardian, but The Sun too

I don't think "world media" is an accurate phrase.

[moondust]

21. +1

I've seen the story covered widely in both U.S. and European media. At least some of them have explained that the New Year fireworks in Sydney have been planned for quite some time and the money for them has already been spent. I don't know if the fireworks could be saved for next year's show.

[KPN]

17. Ok -- 25+ times 2019 California wildfire acres.

But a little perspective. Australia is a nation and a Continent. Not a State here in the US. It’s probably more logical to compare the USA total wildfire burned acreage in 2019 (about 4.63 million acres) to Australia’s 2019 burn area (about 12 million acres). So Australia burns are actually about 2.6 times the burned acres in the USA in 2019. Comparing simply to California overstates the relative problem by almost 1000%.

Australia on the other hand is only about 80% of the USA’s size land area wise, so it’s probably more accurate to say that the Australia: CA ratio overstates the relativr problem by 800%. Not to mention the comparison looks as 2019 only. 3019 is not representative of either nation’s averages.

Not trying to say that the rising intensity and scope of wildfires is not a serious issue, just trying to put it in correct perspective.

[Takket]

23. koalas are literally near extenction.

millions of animals have died. climate change is ripping our biodiversity to pieces. someday, whoever is left is going to look back on this generation, specifically the right wingers that ignored and lied about all this for over a generation, as the worst villains in the history of humanity.

[Demovictory9]

24. a tragedy

[Skittles]

27. WHERE can we send money to help

the media should be telling us

[roamer65]

28. If people were aware of it, they would demand action.

So powers that be censor through omission.

[littlemissmartypants]

29. Damage from fires equal to the land area of Wales according to

a report from BBC News. Devastating, 8,023 square miles according to Wikipedia.