OMG, this takes the cake! Fire chiefs spoke! Imagine! They have as much to say about science as your local priest.
Fire chiefs know how to read a fire better that most scientists, it's a matter of life and dead to them.
Scientists can use their valuable input.
I don't know why, but some folks keep demonstrating their lack of understanding of the Scientific method, and they only add cheap shots instead of contributing something useful, like a possible solution. So far,
your stance seems to be that future technology will solve all issues. Yet very little evidence is supplied, so it remains cheap.
The scientific method starts with observations!
In this particular case, the people in Australia seem to have a different perspective on what technology can do to save lives, livelihood, and property. The billion or so animals that got scorched, of course, have no say in this.
Also, the feral Camels face the first culling of some 10,000 animals, because they have become a pest to people and other animals in their search for water.
Camel cull in South Australia's remote APY Lands to begin, following sharp increase in populationhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-07/camel-cull-in-apy-lands-begins/11848716The first mass cull of feral camels in South Australia's remote north-west will start tomorrow, after dry conditions have seen the pest's numbers dramatically increase in the region as they seek water.
Key points:
The SA environment department estimates 10,000 camels are flocking to water sources APY Lands' Richard King said the camels destroy air conditioners to access moisture. Traditional owners previously mustered and sold the camels, but numbers are now too large
The population increase has resulted in significant damage to infrastructure and is a danger to families and communities in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, according to the South Australian Department for Environment and Water (DEW).
DEW estimates 10,000 camels are flocking to water sources, including tanks, taps and any available water.
APY Lands manager Richard King said the camels had come right into communities looking for water.
The "do nothing" (except adding to the problem), "someone else will do something to survive", is a needlessly expensive, lazy, and irresponsible "Après nous le déluge" attitude.