TheBanyanTree: The edge of the inferno

[Janice Money]

For a moment there I thought Peter might have been talking about property
owners being allowed to carry out cool weather burn offs to reduce the fuel
loads on their farms and along the road sides.  Now I'm not so sure.

Janice 

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Sent: Saturday, 12 January 2013 3:09 PM
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Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: The edge of the inferno

On 12/01/2013 13:50, Robin Tennant-Wood wrote:
> We know now that climate change is here and we are seeing a new 
> reality. We also know that we can do something to slow, if not stop, 
> the onset of this reality. It will take collective will and courage, 
> but, if we're to avoid the inferno we have no choice. To give the 
> final word to
> Dante: "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in 
> times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

This is why we need better methods of fire prevention: to keep our rural
thinkers who understand the issues alive.  Well said!

peter