CHARBONNEAU – Greta Thunberg gets it wrong on panicking over climate
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. (Image: climatechangecanada.org)
I SYMPATHIZE WITH Swedish teen Greta Thunberg for her outrage at the mess that my generation has left the world in. We just wanted to create a culture with every convenience that minimized effort and maximized the burning of fossil fuels.
But my guilt is not going to solve the problem. Neither is her panic. “I don’t want you to be hopeful; I want you to panic,” implores Thunberg.
Panic is not a useful reaction, says Calgary based author Chris Turner: “No society can function on panic indefinitely, and no one writes new building codes well in a panic.” (Walrus magazine, November, 2019)
What will work? Well, one suggestion is to put ourselves on a war footing as we did during World War II.
David Charbonneau is a retired TRU electronics instructor who hosts a blog at http://www.eyeviewkamloops.wordpress.com.
ArmchairMayor.ca 
“What works is the steady, almost imperceptible pace of dedicated bureaucrats writing building codes and working to achieve real change, government by government.” No, I don’t agree with that at all. Bureaucrats are not leaders. What we need is leaders with understanding, vision and resolve. In particular and presently here in our city we have none but we have plenty of bureaucrats perpetuating the problems we need to solve.
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