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.
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Asperger’s. Correct
I’m no expert on Asperger’s and/or autism. But I have a 28-year-old nephew who has Asperger’s so I know first hand what it looks like. And so when I read of Greta‘s condition, I have a natural interest as it relates to my nephew.
I agree. How difficult is to understand, “Stop burning coal!” when the world is awash in natural gas?
What a moron.
Prince Charles: What a dud!
Prince Charles and Greta Thunberg should be locked in the same room together for a week. Naked. It’s okay, he’s 72. She’s 18. They should be fed exclusively fast food cheeseburgers and drink from a trough of Coca-Cola. And there are no toilet facilities.
I think both of them might learn much about the environment.
So they are show business parents who are pushing their daughter into the limelight?
Nice. /s
I will have to look up autism. I don’t know much about the condition.
Thanks!
White wine as fuel? Sounds lavish and expensive.
How I detest the monarchy in some ways.
Two “full retards”
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And everybody knows you don’t go full retard!
Funny movie (Tropic Thunder, I believe).
Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downy Jr. Please an appearance by Tom Cruise...totally unrecognizable.
LOL! No doubt. She wants William, not the fool who is fixated on tampons.
You see that scowl?
I had a daughter with that scowl.
She made our family into hell for years and eventually blew it up.
If you see that scowl step back from it and let it leave.
It isnt worth saving.
Thank you Sir (or M’am). :)
If she is vegan, that explains why she looks ten years younger than she is.
Not enough nutrients.
Outstanding movie. I have it on BluRay…
Long Live the Queen!
Whenever man has landed on the moon, Mars or an asteroid, it appears Jupiter is the same, DRY...they are all “dead”...no water, i.e., no flora & no life. Beyond that, the climate is always changing, has and will long into the future until we become like the others...because of no water....Greta and the Prince will not be here.....
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