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'They just talk': Prince Charles understands Thunberg's frustrations
The Associated Press ^ | October 11, 2021

Posted on 10/11/2021 11:04:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles says he shares the concerns of Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists that world leaders "just talk" about climate change and were not doing enough to prevent its catastrophic impact.

Speaking ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP26, the heir-to-the British throne, 72, who has spent most of his life speaking out on green issues, said he understood why campaigners took direct action when faced with the inactivity of politicians.

"They just talk," Charles told BBC TV in an interview broadcast on Monday. "And the problem is to get action on the ground."

His views echo remarks from Thunberg and her fellow youth campaigners at a Youth4Climate event in Italy last month when she accused world leaders of "thirty years of blah, blah, blah".

Charles said he understood young people's despair and why groups such as Extinction Rebellion took to the streets to carry out disruptive protests.

"All these young feeling nothing is ever happening, so of course they're going to get frustrated. But it isn't helpful, I don't think, to do it in a way that alienates people," Charles said.

Questioned about his own green credentials, given his passion for cars and the carbon impact of royal palaces, Charles said he had converted his 51-year-old Aston Martin to run on surplus white wine and whey from making cheese, and had installed biomass boiler systems and solar panels at his homes.

He also said he did not eat meat or fish two days a week, and had no dairy products on Mondays.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: aspergers; associatedpress; chat; chatforum; climatechange; climatechangehoax; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; gretathunberg; hoax; inbred; princecharles; propaganda; thunberg; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 10/11/2021 11:04:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Between the 2 of THEM, a aggregate IQ of about a common goat.


2 posted on 10/11/2021 11:06:36 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Two “full retards”.


3 posted on 10/11/2021 11:06:45 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Prince Charles understands retard...details at 11.


4 posted on 10/11/2021 11:07:11 AM PDT by Beagle8U ("Per DNC instructions...Joy Reed is busy packing marbles up her @$$.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...not doing enough to prevent its catastrophic impact.”
“And the problem is to get action on the ground.”

Give me one example of either, Dumbo Ears. Just one.


5 posted on 10/11/2021 11:08:17 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah, he’s got a small energy footprint alright.

People flying in helicopters and private planes wondering why people can’t just use commuter rail instead of cars


6 posted on 10/11/2021 11:08:28 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sure “they just talk” which is why Europe is suffering massive sticker shock right now at the jump in energy prices caused by these “green energy dogmas

Green Energy will never be economically viable without subsidy and coercion.


7 posted on 10/11/2021 11:08:32 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Prince Charles has a seat at the New World Order table guaranteed so he will always push their agenda.

But he’s a clown and I can’t hardly bare hearing him speak on anything. HE’s so self-delusional.


8 posted on 10/11/2021 11:09:12 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Did Charles mention that the Crown Estate gets to keep 25% of windmill seabed site royalties?


9 posted on 10/11/2021 11:09:56 AM PDT by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: carriage_hill

…”He also said he did not eat meat or fish two days a week, and had no dairy products on Mondays…”

Ya can’t make this stuff up.


10 posted on 10/11/2021 11:10:14 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So the Tampon speaks.


11 posted on 10/11/2021 11:12:04 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (FSDIDK)
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To: EEGator

Grera apparently does have autism and has been abused by her parents. ?

There is a FReeper who posted this; tried to ping him, but keep getting the name wrong.

Responsiblity 2 ?


12 posted on 10/11/2021 11:12:16 AM PDT by proud American in Canada ("Fear is a reaction; Courage is a decision." Winston Churchill)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Talk is all Greta does too. Seriously ... has she done anything to help solve any of the issues she cries about?


13 posted on 10/11/2021 11:12:41 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: ridesthemiles

Indeed.
Birds of a feather. In this case vultures.


14 posted on 10/11/2021 11:13:15 AM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All the Europeans have to do is to do what Greta’s family does.

They do do something different, such as set their thermostat to ‘off’?


15 posted on 10/11/2021 11:13:45 AM PDT by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: proud American in Canada

Greta and her family are actually professional actors. I’ve also heard Greta is autistic. Which does not necessarily mean low IQ.


16 posted on 10/11/2021 11:15:29 AM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Newsflash: They can’t do anything BUT talk about it. They are pledged to attack countries, industry and people. If they tried to change the climate, you’d have to watch them fail.


17 posted on 10/11/2021 11:15:44 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Blah blah blah...

catastrophic 1 degree rise in temps... blah blah blah

less people dying from the cold... blah blah blah

more fertile ground opening up... blah blah blah

more growing season for crops... blah blah blah

more trees and plants that clean the air... blah cubed

more water evaporation from the oceans... blah cubed

more fresh water falling in rain... blah cubed

more fresh water for drinking... blah cubed

more cute animals to eat... blah cubed

blah infinity


18 posted on 10/11/2021 11:15:59 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

LOL!


19 posted on 10/11/2021 11:16:10 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A long time ago we used to have someone who posted here who went to school with Prince Charles and liked him. I am not sure if he is now dead, gone or just chooses not to defend his former friend’s lunacy these days.


20 posted on 10/11/2021 11:17:30 AM PDT by fireman15
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