Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Dr. Willie Soon – Swedish climate messiah Greta Thunberg has a problem. She desperately wants to attend climate conferences in New York (September) and Santiago (December), but unlike most greens she is serious about avoiding air travel.
How do you cross the Atlantic Ocean without flying?
I’ve got a few ideas, but I doubt arriving by luxury transatlantic cruise liner is quite the down to earth minimalist image Greta wants to project.
Some of Greta’s fans have suggested telecommuting, but if this was a solution surely all greens would be telecommuting to climate conferences, instead of scarring their personal consciences with distasteful but ecologically necessary air travel.
I’m sure you are all as keen to help as I am. Perhaps we can all pitch in, help little Greta figure out how to attend those crucial climate conferences in far flung locations, without compromising those heartfelt climate principles which have attracted so much global media attention.
She should fly by private jet and on the way stop at big cities and preach the climate cause and take her hypocrisy to a new level – unhinged.
STX Europe announced plans for a Cruise Ship Powered by Wind and Solar Energy (2015 – 2020).
https://youtu.be/1K0cO31M3fw
But they appear to have gone out of business.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STX_Europe
Fly standby in coach, the plane would fly anyway no mater if she was there or not…
…and if the Gaians can’t solve a simple problem like Greta’s dilemma, how will they ever solve the much bigger and more complex problems they’ve imagined? Physician, heal thyself!
Remember to take the shortcut through the mountains of Iran and Afghanistan.
This could turn into an interesting exercise. How many millions and how many tons of CO2 will it take to move Greta to NY and Santiago and then back to Sweden without using aircraft?
And how many years would it take to do it without using fossil fuel?
The Marjoe Goitner of climate will grow up, and probably be of little interest.
Actually, the green’s need for a woke child evangelist is amusing in it’s own right….
as she is clearly a preacher & note s scientist. Of course, I could be wrong, in which case there
needs to be a place beside Joan of Arc in the history books.
Are we really worried about how a popularized woke teen will get to a climate conference?
Is there any chance the meeting will be more significant than the next iteration of the flat earth society?
Okay, strap a saddle on the man bear pig and ride him to the conference.
Makes you feel a little sorry for Greta, who doesn’t have the full mental capacity to figure this all out. With Greta being such a good example by expressing her disapproval for flying, you would think Al Gore would really feel like a heel for arriving in his private jet. Maybe he could give her a lift since his plane is going anyway, and another 40-50 Kg won’t add hardly anymore CO2. What a mess they have made out of all this stupidity. They all look like clueless morons.
She has the full mental capacity for Hollywood and also the book circuit like Bernie. Her only mistake will be in not jumping on the opportunities while the free advertising lasts.
“They all look like clueless morons.”
Your vision seems to be intact
Ooh! Ooh! Me! Me! Waving both arms wildly. Here’s what she should do: Have a lifesize (or bigger) picture of her done, and a cardboard cutout made. Then, do some recordings of her “thoughts” on the “climate emergency”, what needs to be done immediately etc., and have those items shipped to the conferences. Her likeness, along with those recordings would be a hit, I guarantee it, probably moving many to tears. She’d be like a godess.
Great idea, except – one has to make the likeness, and the recording, without generating any CO2 (or carbon). And then ship them to the venues without using any CO2 (or carbon). And then dispose of them, or return them and dispose of them, without using any CO2.
It really is an insidious problem.
Cognisant no doubt of the laugh fest created by Ms Thompsons aeronautically enabled brief visit to the London ‘Protests’, this would be an attempt to head such criticism off at the pass ? But they do seem to be unbothered by the potential argument, when this girl does fly to the events, that the Greentopia will be one in which travel to foreign parts becomes essentially impossible. Its likely however that supporters of little Greta will take comfort from the fact that Greentopia is not likely to become a reality in the near future, or indeed their remaining time on the planet, so limited travel opportunities are not something that will affect them 🙂
…and don’t forget the Northwest Passage as a shortcut.
Yes, hasn’t the Arctic been ice-free since 2015?
Yes, Lord Franklin used sailing vessels. And that worked out so well. 🙂
Had he survived, Sir John might have been elevated to lordship, but he died a mere knight.
This would be a suitable craft and route for Greta’s Excellent Adventure:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Severin#The_Brendan_Voyage_(1976%E2%80%931977)
She could get to Ireland by longship, but the Danish crew, including women, which did so, used power to cross much of the North Sea, rather than sail or oar.
Plant 12 acres of new forest to “offset” her flight. Then enjoy a first class passage with a clear “conscience”. Isn’t THAT what all the climate elites do?
I expect some do-gooder environmentalist with deep pockets will purchase the offsets for her. Suzuki, Neil Young, whoever. Rest assured, she’ll be there.
There’s a whole lot of Munchausen-by-proxy going on in this poor young woman’s life.
Why are these conferences never in Ouagadougou? Or someplace even hotter?
Silly rabbit. You can’t get fresh Chilean sea bass in Ouagadougou. What do you expect the well-paid delegates to eat? Zebra meat??
Let them eat fonio!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonio
Noten für Klimaaktivistin18.06.19 10:18
DAS steht in Greta Thunbergs Zeugnis:
Greta Thunberg wurde für ihr Fernbleiben vom Unterricht stark kritisiert. DAS steht in ihrem Zeugnis.
Erst vor Kurzem verkündete die schwedische Klimaaktivistin Greta Thunberg, dass sie nach diesem Sommer ein Jahr lang nicht zur Schule gehen wird. Dafür hagelte es vor allem online in den sozialen Netzwerken harsche Kritik. Sie würde ihre Ausbildung nicht ernst genug nehmen, wenn sie jeden Freitag für “Fridays for Future” dem Unterricht fernbleibt.
Schwere Entscheidung Thunbergs
Der Entschluss sei ihr zwar schwer gefallen, es sei aber klar, dass im Kampf für das Klima gerade jetzt etwas passieren müsse: “Im Jahr 2020 müssen wir die Emissionskurve steil nach unten gewendet haben, wenn wir eine Chance haben wollen, unter 1,5 oder 2 Grad Erwärmung zu bleiben.”
Zeugnis mit Bestnoten
Jetzt nimmt die Klimaaktivistin ihren Kritikern den Wind aus den Segeln, denn ihr Zeugnis verrät: Sie hat den Unterricht niemals vernachlässigt und beendet das Schuljahr mit ausgezeichneten Noten. Die schwedische Zeitung “Dagens Nyheter” berichtete, dass Thunberg in 14 von 17 Fächern die Bestnote “A” erhielt. Zu den Fächern mit ausgezeichneter Leistung gehören unter anderem Mathematik, Englisch, Französisch und Physik. Nur in den Fächern Schwedisch, Sport und Verbraucherkunde schloss die 16-Jährige mit einem “B” ab.
Ein Jahr Schul-Auszeit für Kampf gegen Klimakrise
Die 16-Jährige will sich nach dem Abschluss der neunten Klasse ganz auf ihren Kampf gegen die Klimakrise konzentrieren. Im September wolle sie am Klimagipfel der Vereinten Nationen in New York teilnehmen, im Dezember dann an der Weltklimakonferenz in Santiago de Chile.
Um ihre Schulzeit mache sie sich keine Sorgen, sagte Thunberg. Sie werde einfach ein Jahr später aufs Gymnasium wechseln. Normalerweise stünde für die junge Schwedin im August der Wechsel auf eine weiterführende Schule an. In den ersten neun Jahren gilt nämlich die Schulpflicht.
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https://www.oe24.at/leute/international/Noten-fuer-Klimaaktivistin-DAS-steht-in-Greta-Thunbergs-Zeugnis/385096294
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Certificate with top marks
Now the climate activist takes the wind out of the sails of her critics, as her testimony reveals: She has never neglected the class and finished the school year with excellent grades.
The Swedish newspaper “Dagens Nyheter” reported that Thunberg received the top grade “A” in 14 out of 17 subjects. The subjects with excellent performance include mathematics, English, French and physics. Only in the subjects Swedish, sports and consumer, the 16-year-old finished with a “B”.
One year school break for fight against climate crisis:
The 16-year-old wants to concentrate after the conclusion of the ninth grade entirely on their fight against the climate crisis. In September, she wanted to attend the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York, and in December, she would attend the World Climate Change Conference in Santiago de Chile.
She doesn’t worry about her school days, said Thunberg. She’ll just go to high school one year later. Normally, for the young Swede in August would be the change to a secondary school. In the first nine years compulsory education is valid.
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Must be great for a 16 year old to enjoy higher education – and have money for a sabbatical + flying to diverse conferences. Sweet little sixteen.
Don’t think she’s lying sleepless at night, in sorrow of the year 2013 world catastrophe.
I’ve got a johnboat and some oars she can borrow.
Just use a cardboard prop of Greta at the conferences and charge people for having their picture made next to it. Be sure and charge the oil exec attendee 10x for the virtue signaling exposure–the shareholders won’t mind.
… dolphins and a pair of water skis.
Oh, but she would need sunscreen, scheduled stops for eating and personal maintenance, and a pair of specially designed sunglasses that also blocked out her ability to see all that CO2 slamming into her face, as she skimmed across the vast and turbulent sea.
Poor Gretta — now she has become a subject of my ridicule, and it’s NOT her fault. The adults who back her and encourage her should be ashamed of putting her in this position.
Can’t she CO2 fly with her plaits ?
You mean Gore has not offered to pick her up??
There ARE plans in existence for a transatlantic tunnel.
It would be a tube moored a few hundred feet down and anchored to the bottom. I wonder how long it would take to cycle across…?
Well, as long as no fossil fuels are used for any portion of the following, my suggestion is this:
Construct some form of wooden long boat, similar to the ancient Viking boats, include a place for shelter from the elements and such. Mind you, the wood must NOT be cut using anything but human elbow grease, or assembled with any materials (nails, screws, … ) which had to be mined, or fabricated in any factory, which used fossil-fuel power to create what is used. Oh, and while we’re at it, we cannot cut down any living tree; we can ONLY use those which have already given up the ghost, as it were.
Any treatment (waterproofing?) of the wood must use only natural materials available within walking distance of the construction site.
Equip this boat with sails (only naturally-occurring materials, mind you!) for when wind is available as motive force, AND create a mechanical ‘bicycle’-type pedal system, driving dual counter-rotating propellers in the stern, for those times the wind is minimal or less; the advantage of this system is that it can also drive a generator, connected to a set of batteries (reminder: none of this stuff can come from fossil-fueled fabrication facilities; it either has to be completely hand-made from start to finish, or it cannot be used in Greta’s craft … ) which can run the night-time running lights (we would NOT want to meet a freighter or ice berg at an inconvenient time, would we?), the GPS navigator/autopilot, the electric cooking and fresh-water systems, the weather and collision-avoidance radar systems, sump/bilge systems, and so on.
Now, once that’s all done, we launch from Scandinavia, sail to and through the Panama Canal, down the west coast of South American, and viola!!!! there we are, attending the conference … … … …
… … … about thirty years or so AFTER the conference has wrapped up.
OK, I did NOT say it was a fool-proof plan. I just said it was a way to get there without having a carbon footprint … … … …
… … … since she’s so concerned about having ‘too much carbon dioxide’ in the atmosphere.
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Vlad,
Cutting down the trees (dead as they already are) and working the wood would require axes and adzes. The axe heads and adze heads are metal made by a blacksmith in a forge, fired with fossil fuels. Any suggested alternatives? (:-))
R_E_Jim
I don’t know if Sweden has flints. Less malleable than metal, obviously, but widely available in Southern England, and much of France. And, doubtless, elsewhere.
And rather prone to blunting. But flints would do the job, in time.
A [very] small number of merchant ships do carry passengers in addition to the cargo – mostly containers – they make money from carrying.
They will go where the boxes are supposed to go – not where the passenger [be she ever so famous] would like to go.
The addition of one [smallish] human, compared with the multi-ten-thousand-tonne load of ship and cargo, will add a negligible, even incalculable, amount of extra CO2, from extra diesel burnt.
Further progress could be by bicycle, of course.
As noted above, her best bet would be to thumb a lift on a private jet – they will be enough SJWs who will travel, needing to be seen . . .
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Got me what she thinks is going to be decided at COP25 the rules except article 6 are basically set in stone. Countries are supposed to submit new NDC’s with more meaningful pledges (LOL). Emissions will increase by abut 4% for the year and we should touch 420 ppm by around conference time.
SKYPE
It’s probably on her computer.
You are all forgetting karmic flying, that should do the job nicely.
No point swimming as she is unlikely to be able to equal the John Stonehouse world distance swimming record.
One day the people exploiting this poor child will be known for what they really. Sadly the Nobel Committee look likely to join the circus and diminish the already damaged value of their awards.
Her mother is a complete nutcase.