"The word unprecedented is applied to almost every bad thing that happens at the moment. The historical evidence, however, indicates fires have burnt very large areas before, and it has been hotter." #QotD

"The word unprecedented is applied to almost every bad thing that happens at the moment, as though particular events could not have been predicted, and have never happened before at such a scale or intensity. This is creating so much anxiety, because it follows logically that we are living in uncertain time: that there really is a climate emergency.
    "The historical evidence, however, indicates fires have burnt very large areas before, and it has been hotter."

~ Jennifer Marohasy, 'It has been hotter, fires have burnt larger areas,' from Vinay Kolhatkar's post 'The reason “green ideology” can light catastrophic fires in Australia'
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