To think the Greek wildfires

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Are a little bit more inconvenient than a group of people slow walking in the road? But that's climate change for you, take the inconvenience of a protest and multiply it by 100, 1000.

What we'll be living in in 2050 is almost unfathomable.

i only have a year or two left so won't ever know

There have been wild fires before.

Not trying to be provocative but I thought it had been established that they started through arson and arrests were imminent?

I was just ranting at this about this.

greta not protesting in an ‘acceptable’ way bout climate change and wild fires raging through Europe in the same news bulletin yet seemingly no connection between the two.

And while I’m at it …how about letting us know how the poor residents and wildlife of these places are doing, not just British tourists.

Well could they go slow walk in China then? Because that’s where the actual damage is being done. We as a country and actively trying to reduce our carbon footprint and pollution.

This is correct. Multiple foreign nationals have been caught attempting to start them with petrol. Been in the local papers.

What, all them?

There are multiple places catching fire right now, and many other countries are simultaneously on fire every summer now.

How on earth can they establish it was arson?

It's not just walking slow in the road though is it? It's preventing people from going to hospital. They wouldn't let a Mum rushing her baby through to hospital.

If JSO really wanted to make a difference, they would be camped outside Westminster targeting the MPs. They would be blocking refineries. Camping outside the properties of the billionaires who fly by private jet everywhere. Then the public would probably support them.

But no, they have to stop babies going to hospital and then cry that we don't care about climate change.

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Locals on twitter absolutely feel its arson.
It's the sheets strength of them wind that made them spread

Very easily - this is how they establish causes of fires all the time. People have been arrested - these weren't wildfires (well the Rhodes ones anyway), they were started purposefully.

Protests aren't inconvenient to the person trying to get to their job to earn a wage to pay their bills to keep a roof over their heads or food on the table. They're not inconvenient to the parents trying to get thier kids to school so they can get a decent education. They're not inconvenient to those stuck in the back of an ambulance waiting to get to hospital. You see where I'm going with this don't you.

@BreehyHinnyBrinnyHoohyHah

Our hospital is 30 mins in a food day to get too i don't want to then block refineries either. I need to petrol in case of emergency.

@Heidi1976.. But how in such a vast area, what's are they looking for?

We had a household fire next to us and it started in one room, the cause was called accident the actual pin point never came

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If JSO really wanted to make a difference, they would be camped outside Westminster targeting the MPs.

That's illegal now.

They would be blocking refineries. Camping outside the properties of the billionaires who fly by private jet everywhere.

They already do this. In which ways have you shown your support for this?

Do you actually care about climate change? What are you doing about it, if so?

Those angry mothers have children who are going to suffer through hell in future. One day they will ask, "What did you do about it mum?" Not sure they'd like to hear her answer.

Climate change bingo again

It's all chinas fault
There's nothing we can do
It wasn't actually climate change because that's not what made the conditions so ripe for any fire to spread so well
Climate change protesters are always doing the wrong thing and targeting the wrong people

What comes next?

The vast vast majority of people recognise that climate change is a threat and have made changes that they can make

What are the protests going to achieve that isnt already happening

It is possible to know that climate change is a problem but equally not support protesters

@BakedTattie China is only high in terms of emissions because it produces the good that we in the west consume.

https://ourworldindata.org/consumption-based-co2

Blocking the road is also illegal now under new protest laws so again I ask, why aren't they targeting the people in power instead of the powerless?

What exactly would you like me to do about climate change? I drive an EV, I walk most places, eat very little meat, I repair clothes instead of buying new ones etc etc etc. But I'm not in a position of power.

So again, please justify why it is OK to target the people not in power instead of those who are making the laws? And why should a baby's life potentially be put at risk to get their message out? Isn't the point of all this to save lives?

If they want support from the public for action on climate change then maybe they should stop preventing babies from getting to hospital.

It was arson, not climate change 🙄

Not really relevant how they initially started the scorched dry ground, high winds and high temperatures have caused them to spread. It has gone put of control as a result of these conditions which is due to climate change. Otherwise it would have been controlled and pout out by now

I've paid my taxes, drank from a paper straw, and bought an electric car. Oh and paid ULEZ. We won't die now will we.

They are. Why aren't you bothering to look that up?

You were on your soapbox criticising others for the ways they protest. I would like to know what you are doing that qualifies you to make a useful criticism.

Why don't you target the people in power?

Wish I could like posts on here

I want to know about the folks living there too. Don't get me wrong, it sucks for holidaymakers, but residents have nowhere to flee