Support Australia!

[SpecialTaskForce]

Australia is experiencing devastating wild fires all across thier continent, so as a means of us as adventures to make a real world difference I want to ask the FFXIV Game Developers to please create a Kangaroo mount for purchase on the online Mog Station store. For this mount however have all proceeds from customer purchases to be used as a donation fund for the Wildlife of Australia. They need heros both big and small to help make a difference and save a life. Let us, the Warriors of Light/Darkness, be there for our neighbors in Australia!

WTF why? Australia is very wealthy and one of the happiest countries in the world, let them spend there own money instead of other peoples money also I've seen a GM give a warning to someone for advertising a charity. This sounds like RMTING!!!

[ausanimal]

WTF why? Australia is very wealthy and one of the happiest countries in the world, let them spend there own money instead of other peoples money also I've seen a GM give a warning to someone for advertising a charity. This sounds like RMTING!!!

And yet when something happen's in other countries Australia is quick to offer help with out a 2nd thought, something major happens to the USA everywhere you look in Australia they are trying to rise money to help them out or by some other means. How is it RMT when the OP suggested a new mount and part off the profits go to help Australian wildlife out unless you are claiming that SE takes part in RMT, maybe turn on the news and see how much the fires have affected things and look at the bigger picture its not just the fire fighters but everyone else that has volunteered to help out with this.

I'm pretty sure wherever you live if something major happens like the fires you have people that will volunteer to help out in some way if they can or do's everyone just sit on there ass? Just like people suggestion they put a hold on houses being demolished because of it and getting backlash for it we didn't ask for these fires but yet people are stepping up to help out and put there lives on the line to save others, wildlife, houses etc. The last thing on there mind would be this game but when they are able to come back and play it then it would be great to see they haven't lost there house because they were saving lives in real life.

But i guess Australians think off other people and countries if and when they need help more then you do.

[ausanimal]

You must be Australian care to help the US out?

We have helped out a lot when the US has had problems when something major happens i see all over the place people trying to rise money to send over to help, we just don't go it's not are country so why help them out let the US deal with it, if SE did do the mount no one is forcing you to buy it its as simple as that but if you do want it then you will know half the profits would go to help Australia out in the end its your choice if you buy the mount of not. Same as its anyone's choice to donate money to help out another country and if you really want to i can find out how much i donated to St Jude last year something that is not in my country but didn't stop me from donating a lot off money to it, if i had to take a rough guess it would be over 10k when was the last time you donated that amount to a charity that's not in your country?

[SpecialTaskForce]

We have helped out a lot when the US has had problems when something major happens i see all over the place people trying to rise money to send over to help, we just don't go it's not are country so why help them out let the US deal with it, if SE did do the mount no one is forcing you to buy it its as simple as that but if you do want it then you will know half the profits would go to help Australia out in the end its your choice if you buy the mount of not. Same as its anyone's choice to donate money to help out another country and if you really want to i can find out how much i donated to St Jude last year something that is not in my country but didn't stop me from donating a lot off money to it, if i had to take a rough guess it would be over 10k when was the last time you donated that amount to a charity that's not in your country?

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[ausanimal]

What has the US debt got to do with charity or rising funds to help out a natural disaster like fire, floods, earthquake etc in another country , they are two different things i don't see anywhere on there how much was raised for St jude i think it was around 8 mil and that money came from twitch viewers all over the world and yet St jude is in the US. Here is another one Rainforest trust i donated to last yer which i believe was for a fire in the US will have to check with a friend to make sure, there alone is 2 charity that i donated to last year to help out the US what have you done to help other country's out?

[NessaWyvern]

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You do realise that during the bad Californian wildfires 3 or 4 years ago, NZers and Aussies sent firefighters to help, right? Aussies do help out the US quite a lot.
(not to mention, NZ and Aus have troops in the middle East to help the states with the mess they made over there -.-).
When it comes to charities, Aus is 2nd in money given per capita, (Indonesia being 1st, NZ being 3rd) US is 5th, so technically the average Aussie donates more than the average person from the US.

[Melichoir]

From what I understand, teh arson figure is overblown but there has been a few attempts to start more fires or successful attempts to do so. This would make sense cause its common in fire zones (California has this issue as well when fires start you find a few people who like to start fires under the cover of already occuring fires). So yes, some of it is arson.

As for global warming...That one is a bit trickier. Some places are reporting that on average there has been more rainfall in australia for the past 20 some odd years, not less. This doesnt mean things arent going through a dry spell currently. The biggest point I seen being made is activist groups who are pro environmentalism seeking (and being successful) in reducing controlled burns prior to this. This is a problem if you do live in places where dry brush and other combustibles can gather. Again pointing to California, a lot of the bigger fires that have happened in the past 10-20 years have been because the state stopped doing controlled burns and clearing brush under progressive environmental legislation and decision making at a local level. So when a fire does occur, it gets out of control very quickly.

If there is global warming involved in this, it is more likely to be something exacerbating the situation rather than being the root of it. Warmer weather or dryer climate does not mean that wildfires come into existence out of nothing. It just, at best, would speed up the collection of dry brush and other flammable materials in fire zones at a faster rate than before. If you pair this concept up with higher rainfall prior to this excessive dry season, it would make more sense (Higher rainfall = greater plant growth = more dead brush and shrub when dry season hits). So looking at it pragmatically, Global Warming or Not, the Australian government (both local and federal) should be watching the weather and local growth a lot more closely and doing controlled burns and clearing out dead shrubs to keep the amount of flammable materials to a minimum and mitigate against large fires.

Point is theres a lot more nuance (like usual) to whats happening than "Oh global warming is the cause of this!".

[Zephera]

As for global warming...That one is a bit trickier. Some places are reporting that on average there has been more rainfall in australia for the past 20 some odd years, not less. This doesnt mean things arent going through a dry spell currently. The biggest point I seen being made is activist groups who are pro environmentalism seeking (and being successful) in reducing controlled burns prior to this. This is a problem if you do live in places where dry brush and other combustibles can gather. Again pointing to California, a lot of the bigger fires that have happened in the past 10-20 years have been because the state stopped doing controlled burns and clearing brush under progressive environmental legislation and decision making at a local level. So when a fire does occur, it gets out of control very quickly.

This is unfortunately a bit of misinformation here though there is a kernel of truth. Major environmental activist groups in Australia including the Greens political party support hazard reduction burns in order to prevent massive inferno's like this from happening because the inferno is several times more devastating to the environment than a little bit of carefully monitored burns. It's not like these environmental groups or political parties hold much influence over policy anyway. The Greens only hold a single seat in the federal government, far from anywhere close to a majority.

The truth part is that yeah, we have had less hazard reduction burns though, largely because it has been unsafe to do so. You can't do hazard reduction burns if the weather isn't right or they can spiral out of control and become a real bushfire that destroys homes as one did in the state of Victoria a few years back. Generally, hazard reduction burns are unsafe to do when conditions are too hot, dry or windy to ensure the fire can be controlled.

If there was a good opportunity to do hazard reduction burns then they would have been done as every state and territory in Australia allows controlled burns when conditions are safe to do so.

[Nestama]

Pretty much. The RFS chief even recently explained why there's been less hazard reductions (and even says that it's not a panacea. It reduces the risk, but doesn't outright stop it).