160 people arrested on arson charges for Greek wildfires for which the media previously said climate change was to blame

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[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

To make it clear: the arsonist is a proximate cause. The climate conditions caused by global warming are the ultimate cause:

  • Had the arsonist not lit the fire, but the climate conditions remain the same, the fire could still have occurred for some other reason such as lightning, a car backfiring near dry grass, sunlight shining through a broken piece of glass that happened to form a crude lens, or some other accidental spark.

  • But had the climate conditions been different (no global warming), the arsonist would not have been able to cause such a devastating wildfire, or even any wildfire at all. The ground would have been too wet, the grass too green, not enough dry tinder, temperatures too low, rain would have put the fires out, etc.

[–]stickdog 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

No, the ultimate cause is the bacteria that put oxygen in the atmosphere billions of years ago.

[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Curse those photosynthesising bastards! 😉

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Prove it.

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Try to apply some common bloody sense.

Before an arsonist can start a wildfire, the conditions have to be right for wildfires to occur. If the conditions aren't right, you can't start a wildfire.