Posted on 08/08/2021 6:38:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
KRYONERI, Greece — Diomataris Glakousakis watched in horror as scorching flames engulfed a forest near his home.
“This is a punishment,” the 53-year-old farmer from the suburban town of Kryoneri, just outside the Greek capital Athens, told NBC News. “This is man’s fault.”
Authorities are investigating what caused the blazes, with three people arrested Friday in different areas on suspicion of starting blazes, according to the AP.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday expressed his “deep sadness” for the firefighter’s death.
Mitsotakis this week blamed climate change for the devastating fires, urging people who had reservations about it to “come and see the intensity of the phenomena.”
Greek and European officials have blamed climate change for the large number of fires that burned through southern Europe in recent days, from Italy to the Balkans, Greece and Turkey.
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Greek and European officials have blamed climate change for the large number of fires that burned through southern Europe
Wow. They’ve arrested three people for starting the fires, yet the cause is “climate change.” Never knew climate change caused pyromania, but there you have it...
> Mitsotakis this week blamed climate change for the devastating fires... <
I wonder if Prime Minister Mitsotakis even believes that. But of course he had to blame “climate change” anyway. It automatically takes any blame away from him.
Climate alarmists treat global warming like a religion. It takes devout faith to presume that man is largely or primarily responsible for the temperature and climate of the earth, in the complete absence of any proof, despite having gone through 5 ancient glacial ice ages over the past 3 million years. The very fact that there were no ice ages for the first 4.5+ billion years shows how much hotter the earth has been over almost all of prehistory.
People with weak minds of putty and no ability for critical thinking. These are religious zealots worshipping a rock.
My first thought-he would be proud. Well done, NBC. Are there awards for best propaganda pieces?
Arcon is not global warming, but the climate alarmists seem to have an army of arsonists at the ready to start huge fires and then say,”See! see! Manmade global warming!”
Might have less fires if they prevent migrants from squatting in the forests.
If only the Greeks had water available to them……
Gives Greek fire a whole new meaning.
The geese over Greece are well done.
Yeah humanity is guilty about not controlling the sun, moon, rotating earth with its wobble and global winds cyclical patterns. Now pay your global tax fees and all climate issues will be fixed.
Set a dozen firebugs in the middle of what they started. That’ll drastically reduce the number of new fires.
And evil vapors are to blame for diseases. The cult is expanding. Everything use to be demons and evil spirits, now everything bad is climate change. It use to be global warming but that didn’t work.
Most likely arson.
Climate change my…. foot.
Would logging and harvesting that timber been a better option? Biomass (i.e. burning wood) work wonderfully and provide electrical reliability with local fuel sourcing.
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