ENVIRONMENTAL experts have shot down acting Opposition Leader Warren Truss' claim current bushfires are emitting more carbon dioxide than coal-fired power stations.
"Indeed I guess there'll be more CO2 emissions from these fires than there will be from coal-fired power stations for decades," Mr Truss told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday.
Associate director of the Australian National University's climate law and policy centre Andrew Macintosh says Mr Truss' comment is way off the mark.
"It's utter rubbish," Associate Professor Macintosh told AAP.
"The electricity emissions in Australia at the moment are around 200 million tonnes a year.
"These fires wouldn't come even near that."
University of Queensland climate change professor James Shulmeister says Mr Truss has made a "ridiculous" statement.
"Yes bushfires do create a lot of carbon emissions but it's a silly argument against coal-fired power stations," Prof Shulmeister told AAP.
He said bushfires were more frequent in hotter conditions and climate change caused by the use of fossil fuels have played a big role in that.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday warned there would be more extreme weather because of climate change.
But Mr Truss said: "It's too simplistic to link a finite spell to climate change."
"These comments tend to be made on hot days rather than cold days.
"I'm told it's minus one in Mt Wellington at the present time in Tasmania.
"Hobart's expecting a maximum of 16.
"Australia's climate, it's changing, it's changeable. We have hot times, we have cold times."
Bushfires driven by soaring temperatures have burned out of control across Tasmania, NSW and Victoria in recent days.
Mr Truss is standing in as opposition leader for Tony Abbott who has joined his local fire brigade on bushfire watch in NSW.
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