Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Dr. Willie Soon – Climate crusader Greta Thunberg’s “principled” trip across the Atlantic in a carbon fibre and non recyclable plastic boat is going to require at least four crew members to fly across the Atlantic.
Greta Thunberg’s two-week trip across Atlantic in ‘zero-carbon yacht’ may generate more emissions than it saves as two of the crew have to FLY to New York to bring the boat back to Europe
- On Wednesday, the Swedish eco-campaigner left Plymouth on the Malizia II
- Skipper Boris Herrmann and team founder Pierre Casiraghi will fly back from US
- The 16-year-old is set to address the UN climate change conference next month
By JACK ELSOM and DARREN BOYLE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 10:57 AEST, 17 August 2019 | UPDATED: 06:50 AEST, 18 August 2019Greta Thunberg’s trans-Atlantic voyage on a ‘zero-carbon yacht’ has been rocked by revelations that crew will fly to New York in a gas-guzzling plane to bring the boat back to Europe.
It is claimed that this would generate more emissions than the yacht saves and threatens to leave the 16-year-old’s plans to chart an environmentally friendly route to the United States in tatters.
On Wednesday, the Swedish eco-campaigner left Plymouth on the Malizia II for a two-week journey to the United Nations headquarters where she will address a climate change meeting.
But last night, it was confirmed that two crew will have to fly to the US east coast city to man the 60ft yacht on its return.
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Could this absurd charade possibly get more embarrassing? Next time Greta, buy an airline ticket like the rest of your fellow greens.
Couldn’t they have installed 2 giant zip wires, one to travel there amd one to travel back using just gravity?
It’s a movie.
Jaws 5: The Inconvenient Tooth
What did the judge tell the dentist? I want the tooth,the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth.
Nobody has yet answered the question: is she sailing back return as well?
After the initial sail, she might not want to do it twice.
Then there is flying the crew back home at the end.
“What I noticed was a difference between an interview she had with the BBC and the speeches she’s made. In the former her accent was more noticeable in the former and her speaking wasn’t as fluid. This may be an illusion of course.”
If she really does suffer from selective mutism it is surprising that she can make speeches at all. AIUI people with selective mutism find it far more difficult to talk to strangers than to members of their own family.
Most graphite fiber starts as polyacrylonitrile, which is made from acrylonitrile, which is made from propylene, which is made from propane. Polyacrylonitrile is burned to produce strands of graphite. The resin holding the fibers together is probably epoxy or vinyl ester resin. Again, made from oil or gas. The irony is overwhelming. Even if she took a wooden ship, it is sealed with pitch, which is another petroleum product. So is the varnish and paint. Clearly these people never had a chemistry class, nor can they read.
“… All jet travel is allowable for Saints if they say Heil-Greta 50 times, and pay $1,000 per Soul into the UN Treasury. All major credit cards are accepted. …”
– Infallible Decree of Pope António Guterres, His Excellency and Supreme Overlord of the UN Citadel, Planet Earth, August 19, 2019.
“… Live short and prosper a lot less. …”
– Planetary Motto adopted by the Supreme Imperial Highness Al Gore, August 18th, 2019, on a private jet somewhere between Heathrow and LaGuardia whilst masticating on a savory gibbon and ostrich-liver kabab.
“… I actually see carbon. …”
– Greta Thunberg, August 17th, 2019, looking at paint-chips whilst hanging her butt over the gunwale feeding the fish.
Don’t pay the ferryman… until he gets you to the other side.
Gretta, the obvious solution to your dilemma of not wanting to produce a carbon footprint by going to the conference is…DON’T GO!
For crying out loud, this is 2019, we have video conferencing. There’s no need for you to be there, there’s no need for you to speak, you’re not going to say anything you haven’t already said, but if you really feel the need to speak, practice what you preach and do it from home.
All is lost. We have reduced ourselves to debating with idiot 16 year olds about science and economics. Enjoy the mess you have created, millenials.
Teleconference Greta? Dial in? Those of us in the REAL world who work for a business that might be reluctant to fly someone to attend an international workshop or conference for a particular reason could (shock horror) dial in! But of course not – your puppeteers are still pulling those strings and want to keep this pantomime go just a little longer to top up their pension funds.
Pathetic – just pathetic. Just the sort of thing a teenager would do (wait what?!)
As I pointed out on another thread, I was in a technical/handover Skype meeting last year between Australia and India, distance was over 10,000kms. No excuse to fly!
Greta could save all the hypocrisy of the crew flying to New York to sail the boat back by simply sailing the boat back herself, and/or taking the crew with her on her way to New York.
But maybe several weeks at sea and a few storms would be a good education for this young crusader/explorer. Sailing across the Atlantic is HARD and DANGEROUS, and lots of people have died trying over the centuries. It was less than 100 years ago that Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic (in the other direction), but after a harrowing experience at sea, little Greta might think it’s not so evil to burn a few hundred gallons of kerosene so that she can fall asleep on a plane leaving New York and wake up in Sweden.
It’s not a problem, some rich person will pay climate indulgences to atone for her climate sins. That makes it okay.
It’s important to remember that you can create all of the excess carbon emissions you want as long as you can afford the climate indulgences so you don’t have to feel any guilt.
Doh. Have you really used the Daily Mail as your source for this?
Greta Thunberg was recently overheard arranging a berth for herself on a ship heading to Antarctica, on a “great berg hunt”, it was claimed. All her belongings she packed in a single rucksack – she called it her “green truth bag”. At the media send-off she trotted out robotically “the urgent brag” about impending climate disaster and coercing climate obedience from all. Some were heard muttering the term “green brat thug”, a none too complimentary epithet for the sweet climate crusader. On and on she moralised about saving the world – more than one had clearly heard it all too many times. Let “the bugger rant”, one was heard muttering.
A cousin of hers, Gareth Nutberg, was sailing with her, apparently, along with his toddler half-sisters, Grunt Hateberg and Ruth Grebegnat. Once embarked and on the open sea, certain universals of sea faring soon manifested themselves on the ship’s aft deck as alcoholic beverages appeared as if by magic and the “beer truth gang” sang loudly in out-of-tune Swedish late into the night. Shouting over this inebriated cacophony, the ship’s cook Hatter Eggburn together with the medical orderly, Reg Bungthreat, tried to give a speech about good eating and digestive health on board ship, but no-one paid much attention.
In related news, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, aka Prince Harry and Meghan, have been criticised for spoiling their green credentials by taking several private jets for weekends away.
That well-known eco-warrior, Elton John, has sprung to their defence by explaining that it was his private jet, and that he has paid to offset all the associated carbon emissions (whatever that means – I’m sure he doesn’t know)
Astounding:
https://www.independent.co.uk › …
Davos 2019: Record number of private jets set to fly into …
23.01.2019 · Experts have predicted up to 1500 individual private jets flights will be made in and out of this year’s Davos …
https://www.google.com/search?q=environment+activists+35+years+flights+paid+conferences&oq=environment+activists+35+years+flights+paid+conferences&aqs=chrome.
Have they taken into account that people will see this for what it is – a stupid, ill-thought out stunt that can backfire? Bob Brown (the head greenie in Australia) did a road trip, with like-minded people, in cars from Tasmania to the coal fields of QLD to protest fossil fuels just before the Federal Election. This has been cited as one of the major reasons the Australian Labor Party (who suck up to the greens for preferential votes) lost QLD. Bob and his cohorts are so disliked cash strapped pubs in drought stricken towns would not even sell them a counter lunch . The kicker is, he is all for renewables (wind power etc) until it comes to his backyard and then the wind towers are unacceptable as they are eyesores, kill birds etc.
It’s her parents I feel sorry for….I thought my kids could be a trial, but…..that’s above and beyond the duty of parenthood.
No one really understands the inner core meaning of Greta Thunberg’s decision. Let’s only think about her now, because this is about her, not about anyone else. Her trip over the Atlantic is zero carbon emission free, both for her and all the passengers onboard. If she would have opted for a jet plane or the available transatlantic cruise ships the emissions would be huge. It is at the same time symbolic – she stands as an example for all of us, this was her own choice and the only environment friendly alternative to travel over the Atlantic – and she wants to teach all those, who brainlessly flies around the world all the time, that this madness has to stop. Flying not only produces massive carbon emissions but also wide spread chemical poison damage at the airports servicing the planes. Instead of nagging and complaining, let us all get clever & climate smart: take good example from her!
No one really understands the inner core meaning of Greta Thunberg’s decision. Let’s only think about her now, because this is about her, not about anyone else. Her trip over the Atlantic is zero carbon emission free, both for her and all the passengers onboard. If she would have opted for a jet plane or the available transatlantic cruise ships the emissions would be huge. It is at the same time symbolic – she stands as an example for all of us, this was her own choice and the only environment friendly alternative to travel over the Atlantic – and she wants to teach all those, who brainlessly flies around the world all the time, that this madness has to stop. Flying not only produces massive carbon emissions but also wide spread chemical poison damage at the airports servicing the planes. Instead of nagging and complaining, let us all get clever & climate smart: take good example from her!
The need to make AGW ‘not real’ is becoming more desperate, pathetic and baffling all the time. Hat’s off to Greta and all who join her in this fight against the collective ignorance and lies of denial.