Greta Thunberg : Named Time’s youngest Person of the Year.

Yeah, but maybe not as vital as saving people? (Think floods and fires)

Surely saving sea life is of vital importance.
We shouldn't just be concerned about ourselves, more and more species are becoming extinct every year.

It's not just about humans.

The oceans are warming. Fact.

The oceans are polluted with plastic which are oil based.
Creating plastic produces greenhouse gases
Incinerating waste plastic produces greenhouse gases
Sunlight on plastic polluting the oceans produces greenhouse gases as the plastic breaks down

This all creates heat which breaks down the plastic more quickly creating a vicious circle.

You can, of course, get GretaT's* books on kindle.

Well, he might save some sea-life but he won't save the planet.

He is, of course, admirable.

Yes, we spoke about him earlier in the thread and GrannyGravy posted something about him Keeper

What about the young Dutch lad who has developed a way of clearing plastic from the sea. It is easy to point out what is wrong a lot harder to find a solution. No one seems to speak about him.

Nannyme
Good one

Go to any city centre in the rush hour.

No.

Just what IS it about climate change that always invokes such anger towards those who might question how much of a part humans have played in its development?

The response is always the same.

If we understand that change has happened many times over many thousands of years, isn’t it logical to be sceptical about how large a part we have played in its development this time?

Leyburn you can't expect her to be completely au fait with the science. Not at this stage in her schooling. What she is doing is calling attention to the science, and raising awareness.

The rest of your post is hogwash.

No! I am happy to "praise her to the skies" right now.

In conjunction with this thread I was thinking about the world's most powerful international women .... Angela Merkel (degree in Physics, Leipzig and Berlin), Maggie Thatcher (degree in Chemistry, Oxford), Christine Lagarde, degree in Law (Paris) ... and it occurred to me that it wasn't until these women had gained outstanding qualifications, mental maturity, worldly knowledge and awareness etc. that they were able to change the world, (for better or worse.) Maybe we should allow GT more time to prove herself before we praise her to the skies or attack her very being.
Don't be amazed at what she is achieving now at 16, let's look at her in 15 years time and then be impressed or disappointed.

Utterly ridiculous. Having heard her at an unscripted interview she is almost totally clueless. She is being used by her handlers to push the fake climate crisis. Climate is governed by our position around the Sun and will never be prevented by Man. The Late David Bellamy had it right.

Gonegirl agree

Yehbutnotbut do your little witterings mean anything?

No not too subtle, but not a good analogy.

I feel a lot of concern for Shemima Begin anyway. Why not? Caring's not on ration.

They are different but I understood the point to be that we say one is responsible for her actions but the other is a “pawn”.

Too subtle perhaps

I don't know which is better for the environment. I do know it is the use of cars everywhere that is causing a lot of, probably most of the, damage.

sarah she has spoken in this quite a few times.

Me neither Gonegirl

One wants to save the planet and future generations, the other wanted to help destroy western civilisation.

One is idealistic, wanting to save, the other indoctrinated to destroy.

Totally different.

I don't think you can expect people to go back in time. It's just not feasible. Mums work these days. And think of all the hot water or chemicals needed to clean terry nappies.