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Originally Posted by Alchemy
Fires used to burn naturally, now we put them out until they reach unstoppable proportions. I'm all for nature, but not allowing you to cut up a dead log ????
I find here in Melbourne the greenies live in the concrete jungle of the inner suburbs and then dictate to the rest of us what they don't have to deal with... As they turn on their air-conditioning, hop into the merc, eat their food from plastic containers.....
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There is argument out there that says leaving fallen trees acually reduces the spread of fire and if you've ever watched it burn over open grassland you'll understand the logic in that. Dead logs have numerous GOOD reason for being there; neatness not being one of them.
I've lived in Melbourne, and Northern Victoria, and I can assure you there are a hell of a lot more "greenies" not living in the cities. I've seen plenty of "greenies" living in nightmare conditions to protect the ancient forests in Tassie being bulldozed by big business for a couple of $ a ton for woodchips and all I can say is these "greenies" have a hell of a lot more guts than most.
Hyberbole does not help in this situation.
There is good arguement for staying out of some environments altogether but we can live in these areas provided we do a bit of learning and use common sense and accept that we live there on natures terms.
If you are going to build in an area where there is even a 100 year risk of flooding for instance, ACCEPT that you are going to get flooded. You can't get flood insurance in these areas for the simple reason that insurance companies have done their research. If you still buy/build there..., be it on your own head.
Instead of expecting the enviroment to bend around us, time we did a bit of bending ourselves dont you think? Even in ludicous locations like Kinglake, houses survived because they were well build with fire prevention systems/ bunkers.