H/t Graeme McKay
Given the massive turnout for yesterday's climate strike, one can perhaps be forgiven for questioning the motives of Justin Trudeau marching in the Montreal rally. While the pipeline purchaser continues to insist twinning the Trans Mountain conduit is vital to his plan for saving the planet, some are not so easily fooled.
Greta Thunberg is one of them:
The 16-year-old Swede met privately with the Canadian prime minister but later told a news conference with local indigenous leaders that he was “not doing enough” to curb greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.But Mr. Trudeau is nothing if not relentless in his rhetoric:
“My message to all the politicians around the world is the same. Just listen and act on the current best available science,” she said.
The prime minister said after meeting Thunberg and pledging to fund the planting of 2bn trees: “I agree with her entirely. We need to do more.”Platitudes and posturing will not save the planet. Only earnest, sustained and concerted action hold out a modicum of hope.
Fat chance of that happening, eh?
Franklin Roosevelt once rold a supporter, "If you want me to do it, you'll have to push me." Greta is certainly pushing.
ReplyDeleteThat a 16-year-old has to do it is a more than striking comment on the political dysfunction of our times, Owen.
Delete.. 'we have to raise emissions - to lower emissions
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- we must eat far more chocolate ice cream to lose some weight
- puching our kids teaches them to be alert & avoid violent people
- vaccines let the bad cooties in, so avoid them to be healthy
At what point does it all become absurd ? The ridiculous fiction of an 'evergrowing economy.. rather than a stable or even shrinking economy is just that. Fiction.. absurdity and electoral hype.. the mythical elixir of 'nation building'.. is actually 'job churn in a bottle'.. and do I want any of these creeps putting their hands in my pockets.. with their little Bo Peep promises ? Pretending they are putting 'more money' in my pocket ? Hands off louts & step away.. And get your snouts out of Education and Medicine.. you know dick..
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Greta Thunberg also talked about the myth of perpetual growth, Sal. How can she see with such perspicacity what others seem unable to recognize?
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