September 28, 2019
How Dare You Try to Silence Greta?
World-famous 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has thrown out a passionate challenge on climate change from the podium at the UN: “How dare you?” She has also informed world leaders, especially President Trump, that she and her millions of followers will not be silenced. In a sad and embarrassing scene, she has shown what it takes to silence her: Take away her script and ask her a question. It was a softball question: What kind of message would you like to give to world leaders? After some fumbling, she came up with “We have had enough,” and “Would anyone else like to answer that question?” To me, she looks like a frightened little girl, and it would be cruel to interrogate her in front of a big audience, especially in a foreign language. But there are a lot of questions to ask the school-ditching protesters who are blocking traffic—and the politicians calling for a Green New Deal. For example: · What did people do before we learned to pump oil out of the ground? (They killed whales.) · What do people do for heat when they have no electricity or natural gas? (They cut down trees to burn.) · Where did Greenland get its name? (It used to be green.) · Do you eat fruits like bananas and oranges? If so, how do they get to you? (On ships, planes, and trucks fueled by the products of Big Oil.) · What raw materials do plants use to make food? (Carbon dioxide) · Do you use soap or shampoo? How are these made? (Unless you make soap in your kitchen, petroleum is needed.) · How was the Planet better off, or worse off, before the Industrial Revolution? · How was humanity better off, or worse off, before the Industrial Revolution? 1
Policymakers then need to take the Climate Change IQ test. Greta and her followers must not be allowed to silence or drown out scientists who challenge their apocalyptic scenarios. Or those such as Tony Heller, who expose the fraud. As she herself says, Greta should be in school. And the politicians should be confronted with all these questions. How dare they presume to destroy the world’s economy and our freedoms based on a false apocalypse? Contact jane@aapsonline.org or (520) 323-3110. I would be happy to discuss these issues with you. Jane M. Orient, M.D., Tucson, AZ Executive Director, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
The beautiful world that Greta Thunberg and her millions of followers don’t see. 2