climate warrior brats

It does speak volumes. From your article.

So many people accepted this photo as being real, and shared it.

But the whole issue is a distraction, like many of the distractions which have been raised by many people. There's a huge march for action on climate - and instead of talking climate, people are talking about Greta, rubbish, plastic bottles or whatever they can to avoid the main topic at hand.

 

Young people who have a different view from you are apparently brats that need to grow up.

But young people have the right to have their own views and to express them, whether those views are different to yours or not. By 18 years old, they will be voting. Greta is 16. Isn't she allowed to have her own views before she's allowed to vote? Are young people not allowed to have opinions?

 

Regardless of whether the earth is cooling, warming or staying the same, surely some government somewhere could take some action, stop the manufacture of plastic bottles, go back to glass.

Clean up the crap belching out of stacks before it hits the air, outlaw the stupid practice of wrapping three applies in cling wrap, sitting on a little styrofoam tray.

There are so many really pointless things that could be stopped tomorrow if any government could see past the mighty dollar, past pandering to big companies and simply doing whatever it takes to stay in power. Stop wrapping burgers in cardboard boxes, inside a paper bag with plastic drink bottles that are used for less than five minutes then end up in our oceans.

Stop allowing us many of the stupid things that we CAN live without. Then, regardless of what the earth is doing on its own as part of what it has been doing for millions of years, we are giving back something cleaner for our children.

Is there even ONE government that has the guts to do this?

Of course children hear what their parents teach. Good on those parents. Good on those children. We must simply hope by the time they are old enough to run for some sort of office to stop this stupid waste, they are not blinkered or put in a position where they can be persuaded to look the other way like many others have been.

If nobody makes an effort because they are "only one person" then what hope do we have?

 

So there are huge problems happening in our world, and many people get together to point out the problems. And instead of looking at the problem, people are just criticising the people pointing out the problem.

Ok, while I think that climate change is a huge problem (it took me quite some time.to come to that viewpoint), as @wylie says, there are many other problems that aren't as controversial, things that we can do something about. Air pollution, rubbish, plastics everywhere - while things are being done, so much more needs to be done.

 

Yes - another overlooked resource. If it wasn’t called hemp it might be more accepted by the so called smart politicians.

 

No... don't bin them. Just don't make them in the first place. Ban them. Slowly we have all gotten used to not having endless one use plastic bags at the supermarket. We can use glass bottles, or metal bottles.

All it takes is a government with enough guts to make a decision on this. It isn't hard.

And people who are passionate about something will protest on the weekend for sure. No politicians are inside the buildings on a weekend and it doesn't disrupt people as much, which is part of a protest, to make people think about why their bus is late today, why the street is full of people holding placards.

And you'd be surprised how many people walk to school when they live close enough to do so.