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TREES GO NUCLEAR

Nature’s greatest enemy is ... nature itself!

Victoria’s monster bushfires have generated the power of more than 100 atomic bombs and pumped out millions of tonnes of pollution, greenhouse gas and toxic clouds, scientists say.

The tens of million of tonnes of carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere by the 1 million hectare blaze exceed the combined emissions of the state’s power stations, industry and cars by about 30 percent, according to figures compiled for the Herald Sun online by the CSIRO ...

The fires also generated 2.5 million tonnes of carbon monoxide; 300,000 tonnes of volatile organic compounds such as benzene, formaldehyde and hydrocarbons; 85,000 tonnes of methane; 64,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides; and 59,000 tonnes of smoke ...

The energy produced by the blazes also dwarfs that produced by humans, according to data provided by the CSIRO and energy agencies.

This is why so many members of the Greens are volunteer fire fighters. Oh, wait ...

Posted by Tim B. on 01/14/2007 at 07:43 AM

  1. The way they stir up trouble you would think the Greens were volunteer fire-lighters.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2007 01 14 at 07:46 AM • permalink

  2. But wait, lets talk about Tony Blair taking overseas plane trips instead,

    Posted by Nic on 2007 01 14 at 07:57 AM • permalink

  3. I demand that the Victorian government introduce legislation to ban bushfires as soon as possible.

    /greenie

    Posted by Art Vandelay on 2007 01 14 at 08:00 AM • permalink

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    Posted by Evil Pundit on 2007 01 14 at 08:03 AM • permalink

  5. Evil, did you get my email?

    Apologies, Tim.

    Posted by C.L. on 2007 01 14 at 08:06 AM • permalink

  6. Humanity can make amends!

    Fill 100,000 Watermelons with water till their bellies are near to bursting, then throw them on the fires as big ol’ bio-degradable water balloons.

    This will put out the fire and end its ravaging of momma Gaia’s breath and reduce humanity’s overall impact for some time to come and give poor momma Gaia time to heal up..and the charred remains of the Watermelon water bombers will help to fertilize new forest growths.

    Posted by Grimmy on 2007 01 14 at 08:07 AM • permalink

  7. Maybe Popular Science will recommend a giant orbital sprinkler system. It wouldn’t be any crazier than the 600,000-square-mile space mirror they dreamed up in this article.

    Posted by surly on 2007 01 14 at 08:07 AM • permalink

  8. O/T but since the originating post does have NUCLEAR in the title, it kinda sorta fits, almost, anyway.

    Arab Times , a Kuwaiti news paper gives the jump off on the Iran Throwdown to be before this coming April.

    Posted by Grimmy on 2007 01 14 at 09:07 AM • permalink

  9. FTA - Maybe we can have our fossil fuels and burn ’em too. These scientists have come up with a plan to end global warming. One idea: A 600,000-square-mile space mirror

    somethings not right with that… I’ll just fix it up a bit

    We can have our fossil fuels and burn ’em too. The earth doesn’t need to be saved.  Get over yourselves.

    thats better

    Posted by bondo on 2007 01 14 at 09:07 AM • permalink

  10. “CSIRO atmospheric scientist Mick Meyer said the emissions from Victorian fires were about 10 times normal.  He stressed the carbon dioxide from fires would not add to global warming because replacement trees will absorb the increased carbon dioxide over time.”

    Hey hey!  Mick’s come up with the solution to global warmenising!  We just need to switch our power stations from dirty coal to good ol’ timber because the combustion will “not add to global warming because replacement trees will absorb the increased carbon dioxide over time”.

    CSIRO should patent the idea pronto!!

    Posted by Ubique on 2007 01 14 at 09:14 AM • permalink

  11. Cows emit phlogiston in addition to methane.  That’s why all the brush fires.

    Posted by rhhardin on 2007 01 14 at 09:19 AM • permalink

  12. [url=“http://www.signgenerator.net/?allow=846&text=Fire+Bush!
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    Posted by egg_ on 2007 01 14 at 09:25 AM • permalink

  13. Its a fair call Tim but also the fire fighters have to look at a new strategy. The do nothing until it comes near homes is not good enough now a days. Canberra is true testament to the invalidity of this labor party style thinking.

    Posted by Astonished on 2007 01 14 at 09:41 AM • permalink

  14. Does anyone know what the yield of these “100 atomic bombs” is?

    I’d be far more concerned if they were Soviet nukes as opposed to North Korean ones…

    Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2007 01 14 at 11:10 AM • permalink

  15. What’s heavier 59,000 tonnes of smoke or 59,000 tonnes of enviros’ brains? [Remember, the enviros’ brains are made of sponge?]

    Posted by andycanuck on 2007 01 14 at 12:01 PM • permalink

  16. #15, I guess that depends on humidity…

    Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2007 01 14 at 01:12 PM • permalink

  17. Worldwide, the amount of anthrogenic greenhouse gases is dwarfed by the amount generated by various natural processes.

    Question for earth warmingers:  Why have previous ice ages ended?

    Posted by Mystery Meat on 2007 01 14 at 02:41 PM • permalink

  18. Ooops, make that “anthroPOgenic”.

    Posted by Mystery Meat on 2007 01 14 at 02:42 PM • permalink

  19. Victoria’s monster bushfires have generated the power of more than 100 atomic bombs and pumped out millions of tonnes of pollution, greenhouse gas and toxic clouds, scientists say.

    Well, that’s it.  I’m obviously wasting my time collecting my farts in a bottle.

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 01 14 at 03:31 PM • permalink

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    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 01 14 at 03:34 PM • permalink

  21. If you can’t imagine how powerful and terrible the fire was by comparing it to the equivalent of 112 one-megaton bombs, consider that this fire produced the equivalent to the energy needs of 125 million (active or moderately active adult female) environmentalists for just one year, give or take a kg of her weight. [Sorry ladies, but I didn’t find and an example for adult male energy needs from this WHO study.)

    I have a new appreciation for what these firefighters faced; I flee at the sight of just 3 or 4 of them.

    Posted by Dusty on 2007 01 14 at 04:30 PM • permalink

  22. OK I’m convinced.  Bushfires really are bad things…

    Posted by Barrie on 2007 01 14 at 05:41 PM • permalink

  23. Good God! I just realised we have to stop all lightning worldwide at once - it causes hundreds of bushfires every year.

    Posted by Barrie on 2007 01 14 at 05:45 PM • permalink

  24. Using the Age’s new carbon-o-meter, does this mean Victorians won’t be able to come out their enviro-caves until 2055?

    Posted by Contrail on 2007 01 14 at 07:28 PM • permalink

  25. I think you misspelled nucular

    Posted by mouseman5 on 2007 01 14 at 07:45 PM • permalink

  26. Equivalent to only 100 atomic bombs? Man, we gotta get some bigger bombs.

    Posted by Penguin on 2007 01 14 at 09:51 PM • permalink

  27. Fight fires? Not in their names.

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 01 14 at 09:58 PM • permalink

  28. That’s right Infidel Tiger.  Yeah, we should sit down and try to understand what got the fires all worked up in the first place.  Root causes!  Probably John HoWARd’s fault somehow.

    If that doesn’t work then we should ban fun cars or cars that haul lots of kids until we make up for all that carbon.

    Posted by Matt in Denver on 2007 01 14 at 10:35 PM • permalink

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