On 1 Sep, 00:43, Yannis wrote:
Alastair wrote:
Someone, who cannot spell 'lunacy', would not be able to understand
that the Greek forest fires are caused by millions of rich westerners
driving 4x4s, rather than the few hypothetical Greek arsonists who the
ruling Greek governing party find it convenient to blame.l

Is Yannis still around?

Erm, yes he is. But he fails to see the connection between (any) "rich
westerners" (?!) driving 4x4s and the Greek fires. Human presence in a
highly flammable environment surely puts a mature and ready-to-burn
ecosystem in danger, especially after an extremely hot and dry summer
(where a plain average temperature severely fails to summarise the
weather conditions in the last three months).
What was your question? :-)

Yannis, De Bilt/NL

Hi Yannis,

My argument is that it is rich city executives driving large and
unnecessary Land Rovers and other 4X4 around the streets of London
(See http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2157247,00.html ) that
are the main cause of global warming which has resulted in the hot dry
summer in south east Europe. It is the poor Greek peasants fleeing
from the flames in their horse and carts, with the mother in law in
the back, who are suffering. Of course I am sure that there are a few
4x4 owners in Athens as well.

I seem to be the only person who is blaming global warming for the
Greek fires and I was curious to know if you agreed with we. From your
reply it seems that I am still unique. I had another question for you,
but others may care to answer it. I heard that the fires started in
many places simultaneously when the sky was overcast. I was wondered
if the fires could have been started by an outbreak of dry lightning.
I was going to suggest that you contacted the electricity supply
authority to check this out, as they monitor for the lightning since
it can knock out their overhead lines. However your sig. line says you
are now in Holland, so I doubt you could do that now even if you
wished to.

Cheers, Alastair.