Thanks very much for this cut down of Charlebois. I live in Hfx and of course Dalhousie Univ has puffed him up -- as you say -- and somehow the Food Prof is just part of the neoliberal agenda... his flip flopping is a wonder. Thanks.
Why all of a sudden is everyone blaming fore’s fires on climate change? The food prof makes a point. Forest fires have been around forever, some years more intense, others less so. No one blamed climate change when half of Fort McMurray got burned out. Or Slave Lake.
And then there was “the beast.” The great Chisolm fire of 2001 in northern Alberta. It burned through 1200 sq km and is considered the most intense fire ever recorded, so big that it created its own weather pattern. The average forest fires burns at less than 10,000 kilowatts per metre and at that rate water bombers are no longer considered effective. The Slave Lake fire in 2011 reached 33,000 kilowatts per metre. The Chisholm fire burned at 233,000 kilowatts per metre.
Thanks very much for this cut down of Charlebois. I live in Hfx and of course Dalhousie Univ has puffed him up -- as you say -- and somehow the Food Prof is just part of the neoliberal agenda... his flip flopping is a wonder. Thanks.
Why all of a sudden is everyone blaming fore’s fires on climate change? The food prof makes a point. Forest fires have been around forever, some years more intense, others less so. No one blamed climate change when half of Fort McMurray got burned out. Or Slave Lake.
And then there was “the beast.” The great Chisolm fire of 2001 in northern Alberta. It burned through 1200 sq km and is considered the most intense fire ever recorded, so big that it created its own weather pattern. The average forest fires burns at less than 10,000 kilowatts per metre and at that rate water bombers are no longer considered effective. The Slave Lake fire in 2011 reached 33,000 kilowatts per metre. The Chisholm fire burned at 233,000 kilowatts per metre.