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Greta Thunberg Climate warrioress.

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  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    Uboat said:
    If you disagree with her she stops being aneeco warrior activist and  becomes a special needs kid.

    Hopefully she will turn her eco attention to China.

    The original post wasn't disagreeing with her. 
    Neither was I

  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,118
    If you disagree with her she stops being aneeco warrior activist and  becomes a special needs kid.

    Hopefully she will turn her eco attention to China.

    The same China that's doing more than almost any other country in the world?


    The same China that has solar panels pretty much everywhere in almost ever city? The same one thats trying to do away with burning coal, or the same one thats leading the way on Electric car research?
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    If you disagree with her she stops being aneeco warrior activist and  becomes a special needs kid.

    Hopefully she will turn her eco attention to China.

    The same China that's doing more than almost any other country in the world?


    The same China that has solar panels pretty much everywhere in almost ever city? The same one thats trying to do away with burning coal, or the same one thats leading the way on Electric car research?
    Yes. I'm.sure her views would be welcome.

    We have seen in Hong Kong have much the Chinese value Political discourse.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,118
    I think she's more into climate change than political freedoms though, an area where China is leading the way.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,355
    Look forward to her tour of China well done Greta!
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,902
    Well  not really but I can see where you are coming from....thought I'd give a bit of balance to rest of the comments 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,038
    I think she's more into climate change than political freedoms though, an area where China is leading the way.
    China is certainly leading the way in climate change! 
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,118
    se9addick said:
    I think she's more into climate change than political freedoms though, an area where China is leading the way.
    China is certainly leading the way in climate change! 
    When it comes to stopping it, they are!
  • Cordoban Addick
    Cordoban Addick Posts: 5,448
    If you disagree with her she stops being aneeco warrior activist and  becomes a special needs kid.

    Hopefully she will turn her eco attention to China.

    The same China that's doing more than almost any other country in the world?


    The same China that has solar panels pretty much everywhere in almost ever city? The same one thats trying to do away with burning coal, or the same one thats leading the way on Electric car research?
    Yes. I'm.sure her views would be welcome.

    We have seen in Hong Kong have much the Chinese value Political discourse.
    Look forward to her tour of China well done Greta!
    Yeah FFS she has done absolutely nothing to solve the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
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  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,256
    If you disagree with her she stops being aneeco warrior activist and  becomes a special needs kid.

    Hopefully she will turn her eco attention to China.

    The same China that's doing more than almost any other country in the world?


    The same China that has solar panels pretty much everywhere in almost ever city? The same one thats trying to do away with burning coal, or the same one thats leading the way on Electric car research?
    Yes. I'm.sure her views would be welcome.

    We have seen in Hong Kong have much the Chinese value Political discourse.
    Look forward to her tour of China well done Greta!
    Yeah FFS she has done absolutely nothing to solve the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
    Or sort out the sale of the club 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,730
    edited July 2019
    No. I admire somebody who is trying to save the planet when many of us don't do anything and even vote for politicians who pretend there isn't a problem. I haven't got any grand children yet, but I want the best for them and the climate change protesters may be a nuisance but they are fighting for our children and grand children. Good on them.

    And it is the weakest argument ever to say, well we shouldn't bother saving the planet because that country is worse than us. I mean, break it down! The only position that you can respect is a knowledge that we are not affecting climate change. But there is too much evidence to genuinely hold that position nowadays.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    If you disagree with her she stops being aneeco warrior activist and  becomes a special needs kid.

    Hopefully she will turn her eco attention to China.



    At what point did anyone say she stopped being an eco-warrior? 

    You just made that up so you could have a pop at people who care. 
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    When I die I want to be buried in a biodegradable container out of doors, and have one or two trees planted over me to get nutrition from my (after any recyclable bits have been removed) rotting corpse.

    Professor Tom Crowther of Zurich University has initiated a tree planting project as an effective and successful way of reversing climate change.

    I am happy for my funeral costs to be spent like this, even if it is dearer than a conventional death package.

    If the rip off funeral industry embraced such a change and made bio funerals affordable, that industry could lead the way in saving the planet.

    In death we could really promote life.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,355
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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    seth plum said:
    When I die I want to be buried in a biodegradable container out of doors, and have one or two trees planted over me to get nutrition from my (after any recyclable bits have been removed) rotting corpse.

    Professor Tom Crowther of Zurich University has initiated a tree planting project as an effective and successful way of reversing climate change.

    I am happy for my funeral costs to be spent like this, even if it is dearer than a conventional death package.

    If the rip off funeral industry embraced such a change and made bio funerals affordable, that industry could lead the way in saving the planet.

    In death we could really promote life.
    Interesting, I have always wanted to be cremated so as to not take up room and ultimately speed up my return to Mother Nature, but then I’ve now realised when I do get incinerated I’ll be blowing up a bit of carbon up into the atmosphere.  
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,730
    I have told my family to get rid of me in the cheapest and most ecological way possible. When I am dead I have suggested they ask me if I have changed my mind and if I don't answer, go ahead.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,339
    I'm going to be scattered. 

    Not cremated first though, just scattered. 
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,077
    I hope the majority on here aren’t flying abroad anywhere this year. Carbon footprint and all that.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,730
    I am in just over a week. But because I put my fun first, it doesn't give me the right to make fun of people more noble and principled than me.
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  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,077
    Nobles  and principled but she’s flying all over the place. Can’t help matters, surely.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    I see the culture war brigade have arrived then
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    Halix said:
    I know that the planet needs saving and all that, but does anyone else have  the urge to place a custard pie in the braided haired eco warriors smug teenage sour face in the hope of getting her to lighten up.
    Bloody people, trying to save humanity from itself by making the world a cleaner and better place to be! What if they are wrong!!! Then we will just have a cleaner and better world!!! How terrible. 

    Go Greta! What a year! 
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,077
    Leuth said:
    I see the culture war brigade have arrived then
    Not part of any brigade you piss taking old twat
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,185
    I work in law enforcement, and part of my job is to see if any vehicles (usually HGV ) have Ad-Blue cheat devices fitted. Basically its a box which turns off engine warnings and torque reduction when the trucks on board monitoring system detects high or abnormal emissions. 
    When i find one, the operator has too explain why this device is fitted, when one is fitted the Nox emissions from a truck or (coach) are 10x the levels they should be. Nox contributes to acid rain , and greenhouse gases. Our operators usually get a 2nd chance. I also  know of a company which had approval to retro-fit exhaust systems to allow vehicles to to meet the higher Euro 4 emissions. The vehicle retro  vehicles fitted had to be issued with a certificate to say they could enter the LEZ in London. However what this company did was too purchase 1 system and then as each vehicle was certified to remove the up-graded exhaust , refit the OEM system and then proceed to fit the up-graded system to the next vehicle  on their fleet.  

    The only way we, as members of the general public can do anything about this would be to boycott these companies which take a devil-may-care attitude to public health, especially when that poor child that died who lived on the south circular and her asthma attacks were shown to be linked to poor air quality. 


    My colleagues in Europe also check for these devices, however when they find them they remove them, and issue a fine of about €5000. or seize the vehicle, and sometimes both. And if the vehicle is in DE-RATE and can't be driven the operator is also liable for recovery cost form the checksite. 

    SO YES IT IS AN EMERGENCY, and it took a child to tell us this!




  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    The "smugness" that the op referred to is borne from a confidence in what she is saying that is in turn due to knowing that she is right about her core beliefs and message. Her autism is all connected to that.....

    ....and it works

    People are responding really well to, for once, being told straight HOW IT IS 

    Go Greta!

  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,154
    Nobles  and principled but she’s flying all over the place. Can’t help matters, surely.
    Bollocks.

    Greta Thunberg's train journey through Europe highlights no-fly movement


    And yes, I regularly take the train back from Eltham to Prague, even though it costs me far more than it should compared with air (partly because kerosene, as I am sure you know, is the only motor fuel that isn't taxed). Also despite the journey becoming longer since German Railways scrapped their sleeper trains, and despite it doubtless becoming more of a hassle once Brexit kicks in.
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,367
    seth plum said:
    When I die I want to be buried in a biodegradable container out of doors, and have one or two trees planted over me to get nutrition from my (after any recyclable bits have been removed) rotting corpse.

    Professor Tom Crowther of Zurich University has initiated a tree planting project as an effective and successful way of reversing climate change.

    I am happy for my funeral costs to be spent like this, even if it is dearer than a conventional death package.

    If the rip off funeral industry embraced such a change and made bio funerals affordable, that industry could lead the way in saving the planet.

    In death we could really promote life.
    The cheaper option but not most will like is to liquidise the the departed. 
    Liquid feed for the planet. 
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    Was about to refer to the same info, @PragueAddick  

    Greta has posted numerous pictures of her train journeys on Twitter.

    Knock, Knock.
    Who's there?
    Someone spouting ill-informed drivel. 

  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    Extinction Rebellion protesters who were asked not to block Heathrow, moved the protest to Edinburgh.
    Did they walk ?
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