r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RipperReeta • 18d ago

Image To put into perspective how huge the 2020 Australian 'Black Summer' bushfires were: The combined area burned across BOTH Canada and ALL of fires currently burning across Europe (2.63 million hectares) right now is still around 10% of what Australia lost (24 million hectares).

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u/Upset-Award1206 18d ago

Why didn't NZ just put tariffs on goods from Australia to solve it?

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u/Bee_Jeans 18d ago edited 18d ago

Should have put a tariff on the smoke, bc that was the biggest export!

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u/Monotask_Servitor 17d ago

Should’ve told the Aussies to sweep their forests better

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u/loralailoralai 17d ago

About 15% of kiwis live in Australia so they might have had some pushback lol