AGW Belief and Hysteria

Read Bud Vieira's answer to Did AGW cause NZ bushfire? on Quora

BV: Global warming is not the proximate cause of any particular weather event or wildfire. But if the climate in that part of NZ has been getting gradually drier over the last several decades, it's quite possible that Global warming has contributed to the conditions that made the wildfire more likely, or more severe.

DDB: Would the same not be the case if the world had no people, following the last ice age?

BV: Certainly. But the fact that natural variations in climate play a role on the frequency of wildfires does not contradict the fact that warming related to human industrial activities also plays a role. And the steeper rise in temperatures since we have been burning carbon fuels suggests our role is now the dominant factor.