Second, it looks like a pretty thorough study.

What it means, I think, is that Qld graziers, where restraints on tree clearing have saved the nation’s bacon in terms of conforming (somewhat) to our Kyoto undertakings, can now more properly claim such restrictions as cover for their own economic activities.

Taken with a couple of other possible developments, the report puts a whole new perspective on the beef industry. I’m still planning a post on the issue, hopefully early next week.

In per capita terms their GPD is $27,700 (PPP), just behind New Zealand, so some effort of this kind is not out of place. It would seem that they have matched what the US might do.

I guess om balance in the circumstances it’s welcome – just!

Yes – in the short term, Plimer – but in the long run we’s all dead, mate.

The 80s and 90s were boring. You had to content yourself with reading about the fall of civilisations. Today we get to participate. That’s heaps more fun.

Seriously, it’s not my part of the world, but how much of either part of South Australia has a significant fuel load – and, from the other side of the fence, where the hell are people in those remote aeras going to evacuate to that’s significantly safer?

I pondered the last part myself, especially when I heard the school at Ernabella was going to be closed. But Robert, you should check that country out sometime, get on yer bike….well maybe not a road bike, but a bike, and go for a ride up the track [prickle guards required], it’s great country, and for the most part quite vegetated. There would be a lot more vegetation if it weren’t for the grazing too. There is a LOT of really stunning ancient native pines around Roxby Downs…see it while it’s still there!

Mulga makes the best damper for it’s slow, consistent burning, so I would say the Mulga Scrub could be a pretty intense fire. Those slow growing, dense desert woods would definitely create some heat.

On a side note, I saw a great presentation by some of the older women from the APY lands on mosaic burning of the spinfex and scrub country in north west SA at the Ecology conference I went to, it was interesting to learn that the women took responsibility for that.

I guess a big part of the problem for the CFS is just the size of those fire ban zones in the north, they’re huge, so advice for one area may be quite redundant for another, but what else can they do?…micromanage every town?