Greta and the aristocrat sail the high seas to save the planet.

Greta Thunberg and the plot to forge a climate warrior (paywall)

The Greta phenomenon has also involved green lobbyists, PR hustlers, eco-academics and a think tank founded by a wealthy former minister in Sweden's Social Democratic government with links to the country's energy companies. These companies are preparing for the biggest bonanza of government contracts in history: the greening of the western economies. Greta, whether she and her parents know it or not, is the face of their political strategy

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You might want to check who Ingmar Rentzhog is and his background.

Trained by former US vice-president Al Gore's environmental group, the Climate Reality Project, Rentzhog set up We Don't Have Time in late 2017 to "hold leaders and companies accountable for climate change" by leveraging "the power of social media".

He and his chief operating officer, David Olsson, have backgrounds in finance, not environmental activism: Rentzhog as the founder of Laika Consulting, an investment relations company, and Olsson with Svenska Bostadsfonden, one of Sweden's biggest property funds, whose board Rentzhog joined in June 2017. The platform's investors included Gustav Stenbeck, whose family control Kinnevik, one of Sweden's largest investment corporations.

In May last year, Rentzhog became the chairman and Olsson a board member of a think tank called Global Utmaning (Global Challenge). Its founder, Kristina Persson, is an heir to an industrial fortune.

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and the Times conclusion is

For energy titans in Sweden, as elsewhere, saving the planet means government contracts to print the green stuff. Green energy lobbyists are using populist scare tactics and a children's crusade to bypass elected representatives. But the destination is technocracy, not democracy; profit, not redistribution. Greta, a child of woke capitalism, is being used to ease the transition to green corporatism.

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Young adults like Greta don't rise to fame on their own with copious amounts of media coverage, at least not without big corporate money or powerful special interests there first and most, the most important lesson following Gretas example is we can all manage sustainable travel provided we can borrow a rich mans toy at no cost and acknowledge our eco sins by paying taxes to woke financiers.

Deleted User wrote: »

Quick, someone tell the blue whales to stop pooping

They should poop every other day to protect the environment.

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Just pointing out the glaring hypocrisy of this climate pilgrimage, that's all. econinnys getting offended on behalf of their climate guru would want to get a thicker skin.

Oh the hypocrisy is there alright. I ain't offended either. Just pointing out that the level of vitriol that has been leveled personally at her (not this thread per se but on a lot of online content) is pretty astounding. But that's the way the modern world is now i suppose.

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Interesting piece......

Yikes.

I see a bit of nice weather in the last update:

https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1163507642100310016?s=20

Seem to be still a bit off half way:
https://www.windy.com/track-team-malizia-and-greta-on-their-journey-across-the-atlantic

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Are you worried we might use less oil and live cleaner energy efficient lives? Do you think it's all about taxing us and only billionaires and oil tycoons are out to protect us? Also, seriously?

The green economy is an illusion. All that's happening is the smoke stack is being moved elsewhere.


Recycling plastic - We export the stuff to South East Asia, no idea what happens to it there.

unreliable electrical generation sources - less efficient, more expensive, more waste, greater land footprint needed, more materials needed than a conventional plant, and the more you add the less stable the grid becomes. Ireland depends on natural gas and the UK interconnect for stability. Less diversity of fuel sources and greater dependence on the electrical grid for heating (with yet more expensive electrical power). Smart meters will mean changes to pricing with working families bearing the bulk of the cost.


Electric cars - widespread use requires 3 phase power installed, not feasible where you use on street car parking. ESB collect more subsidies to expand the grid and their unions can hold the country to ransom.
Pollution is produced elsewhere instead of the tail pipe.
Electric cars are much more expensive to make and a new hazard (fire) when there is a road accident.


Road pricing will have to change as not revenue from petrol and diesel collapses, GPS will be mandatory on all vehicles. Hello big brother with easier to collect speeding fines and points on your licence.


Oil billionaires will be fine, you still need oil for your clothes, medicine and other synthetic material, and it will be cheaper to use in South East Asia and Africa. Did you think the billionaires are putting money into all these green foundations because they care about your environment or because they realise there is more to be made in lobbying for all these new green contracts that governments are handing out?

Portsalon wrote: »

Guardian article last Saturday, read it and weep. You'd be better off shoving your used plastic down Greta's throat.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/17/plastic-recycling-myth-what-really-happens-your-rubbish

Thats a ****ing ignorant comment, I know plastic waste is a disaster and recycling largely ineffective but why mention shoving it down someones throat.

This whole thread has become a cesspit. Everyone just trying to outdo each other with condescension and sarcasm.