https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-votes-on-controversial-co2-law-/46695016
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57457384
These were all formulated by (over?) privileged woke types who exist in their own belief bubbles and are completely disconnected from reality. There are a few greens I know who are genuine and practise what they preach, although I may think them misguided I respect them for this. Most, however, are content just to tell other people what to do so long as it does not restrict themselves in any way. They have never had real problems in their lives so they have to make up some imaginary ones. They are not the ones who worry how they can pay their bills, go shopping at the end of the day to buy the reduced at their sell buy date items and clothe their families from second hand shops. They stand in protests with their latest mobile phones while someone else, usually mummy and daddy, pay for it all.
If you ask one of this privileged woke types how they intend to pay for and find the resources to carry out their grandiose plans you get an almost Pavlovian response that we have to do it sooner or the world is going to burn up. If you ask for actual evidence that is also thin on the ground as it would be with a belief rather than fact based creed. Their solution to the lack is evidence is threats and demands, rather like a spoilt teenager.
This is a piece written by a long term green who also notes these problems:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/09/cultish-eco-nuts-letting-environmentalism/
Although I respect Ms Thunberg’s neuro-atypical condition being an aspi myself I did have to chuckle at the Verruca Salt meets Dracula description.
If the greens want to get anywhere they will have to re-join reality and try and engage with the people will be paying for it all. If presented with real evidence, not disaster predictions that are always wrong, and costed project plans real people might be more sympathetic and we will have a chance to reduce our impact on our planet. If they continue down their present path they will lose credibility, anti-movements like the French Gillet Jaune will spread worldwide and the true message will be lost.
