Whatever the accuracy or otherwise of the climate-change claims either way, I am fed up with politicians including the UN, and journalists, of all parties and nationalities; paying so much attention to this naïve but self-important Swedish lass, Extinction Rebellion and the like.
I suspect most of the politicians, journalists and "celebrities" who fawn over Miss Tornberg and the ER mob do so because they are scientifically very illiterate. The find it far easier to believe the banner-wavers and scientifically-weak clichés like "zero carbon" and "renewable energy", than to make any effort to understand even school-level physics and engineering.
It is the professional Scientists we need heed for the analysis and explanation of what is and what is not happening; how, why and at what rate.
It is the professional Engineers we need heed, for genuine, practical solutions to technical problems with serious potential social consequences.
I'd like to see that wretched girl go back to Sweden, take a degree, Masters then PhD in an appropriate science or engineering discipline, and gain a reputation for good, reliable research into the changing climate, its potential effects and what we can or cannot do about it. Only then will I listen to her.
