Before I start off this post. I'd like to make it clear that this years Bushfire season has been the worst since 2009. So many homes and wildlife have been lost, it truly is devastating. I live in Melbourne Australia and even here, we all suffered from the thick smoke of the fires which were on the other side of the state. Please don't start a shit show for me simply enlightening people on the misinformation circulating. This is a friendly discussion and I'd love to hear other peoples thoughts.

With all the Media putting out articles about these Bushfires in Australia, I can't help but be angered by all the misinformation and Propaganda being put out there. Mostly Climate Change, and the fact that the fires have "Never reached this magnitude" That couldn't be further from the truth.

Let's start off with the Ancient Aboriginals of Australia, yes. Ancient. They have been here for at least 50,000 years. Their art is heavily influenced by Australian nature. There are thousands upon thousands of Aboriginal Art that clearly depict violent Australian Bushfires.

This is because Bushfires have always been a huge part of Australia. For thousands of years. Here in Australia, we are riddled with beautiful Gum Tree Bush land. Gum Trees require fire to germinate their seeds, this motivates growth and in return, in the long run, you get higher density forests.

Wildlife death and relocation is obviously a very sad sight to see, considering this Bushfire season we have lost the most wildlife on record. (500,000) livestock. Although this is heart breaking to see, this needs to be done. Removing the wildlife from the region whilst the forest is in Infancy, keeps invasive species away. Maximising plant health and growth. Wildlife will return and thrive.

Now that those facts have been cleared, let's talk about the scale of these Bushfires and how they compare to previous seasons throughout the past 200 years.

This season we have lost an incredible 15,000,000 acres to the fires. That's a serious amount of land. Nowhere near the biggest though.

In 1974 through to 1975, Australia had a Bushfire season resulting in 289,000,000 acres of land going up in flames. A common response to this is the fact that only 40 homes were destroyed in the fires compared to the 2,500+ homes lost in this seasons fires.

in 2009 we also had Bushfires, resulting in 2,000+ Homes being destroyed and 1,100,000 acres burnt away. Why are more homes being destroyed in significantly smaller fires? This is because, population density & growth over the past 46 years. Our cities are much larger, our population has started soaring.

These fires are starting close to communities, resulting in more fires. Australia has already suffered Bushfire season since the beginnings of its time, adding humans is literally adding fire to fire. For example, the 2009 fires that swallowed 2,000+ homes. Was proven to be a power line catching alight.

If our country already has a known Bushfire Season we should be taking extra precautions to make sure we cannot contribute to mother nature, and encourage a fire for it. If you look into the most common causes for the Bushfires of today, they're nearly all man-made, opposed to the fires from Australia's early days.

Machinery Sparks, Power Lines, Trains, Cigarettes, Camp Fires, Fuel Fires and the list can go on. All of these things, are usually where people are. Causing the fires to destroy communities. This is not a Climate Change problem.

Climate Change obviously exist, on a natural level for sure. We used to be covered in 4 kilometre thick ice sheets. Climate Change is definitely real. Although, these Australian Bushfires are not due to Climate Change. They have been happening forever.

Misinformation and Propaganda are circulating everywhere, fake satellite imagery, fake photos of families seeking refuge, fake graphs of past Bushfire seasons etc. This is to fool outsiders, this is nothing more than using Australian Disasters as a money making scheme & to push non-existent man-made Climate Change onto the gullible.

How Gum Trees use fire to germinate their seeds and motivate growth

1974 - 1975 Bushfire season

2009 Bushfire season

Article showing examples of misinformation.

Further crediting misinformation

TL;DR; Australian Bushfires have been happening throughout Australia's entire history. More lives are being lost due to population growth & human activity & the Government is using it to push non-existent man-made Climate Change.