Ferocious bushfires have been sweeping across Australia since September, fueled by record-breaking temperatures, drought, and wind. The country has always experienced fires, but this season has been horrific. A staggering 10 million hectares of land have been burned, at least 25 people have been killed and it has been reported that a billion animals have perished. The fires have not only decimated the land, but they have also had a serious effect on air quality.
The Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor mission is dedicated to monitoring air pollution by measuring a multitude of trace gases as well as aerosols – all of which affect the air we breathe. This animation shows the immense spread of aerosols from bushfires in southeast Australia between December 28, 2019 and January 8, 2020. These plumes of particles have swept over New Zealand and crossed the South Pacific Ocean, even reaching Chile and Argentina.
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The Australian fires are Natures H Bomb. https://twitter.com/TheFacelessmen/status/1215784286231482369
Eucalyptus oil can be used as jet fuel and has ten times the energy of T.N.T at apx 40 Mega Joules per kg in other words 1,500 tones = 1 Hiroshima.
The timber contains apx 14.9 Mega Joules per Kg therefore 4483 tonnes = 1 Hiroshima or apx 100 Truck loads.
The total energy available to the Australian fires has to be measured in Tsar Bombs for the Numbers to make any sense.
I know many high profile crooks eg Ronald Bobroff who fled to Australia to escape justice, Australia welcomed them as they came in loaded with cash, today innocents are suffering, put all the crooks heads at the end of a burning stake, the fire will stop