This article is interesting - not so much for what it contains (the principles of which aren’t new news to anyone paying attention to forest management politics), but the facts that these words are from government employees and that a known greenism-lite-sympathising outlet is allowing it to be published with little hedging (this same outlet published the link provided below).
“I used to work with Melbourne Water back in 2002, and we wanted to clear away a lot of the fuel,” she said.
"During winter when the leaves fell and you could get in and see the fuel, all we could do was bulldoze the leaves and fuel down off the side of the road.
“We wanted to clear the leaves and get rid of the forests, but the greenies think because it’s on the ground it should stay.”
Victoria may have faced the worst bushfire conditions in its history over the weekend. High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity produced tinder-box conditions.
But in months to come, it may emerge that more aggressive forest clearing policy could have saved lives.
As of today, the toll is over 170 dead with several dozen more people still unaccounted for. The greenies are trying to make a global-warming issue out of the fires and also the floods up north, but with commentary like this in clear view sooner or later the bulk of the population is going to realise that environmentalism is predicated on the hatred of man and not concern for the environment. For instance, one enviromentalist with a piece in the papers is a loonie philosopher, not a proper scientist; others with a less misanthropic agenda set this creature right. Environmentalism kills, and the fuel build-up over winter is blatant evidence of this.
JJM