Saving The Planet

WHEN GRETA THUNBERG SPOKE to the United nations the other day, her face was twisted into a horrible, agonizing grimace of extremely anger, as she sternly upbraided the leadership of the world for failing to fight climate change, and thereby forcing her generation to do it. Her performance was shocking, alarming, convincing. The swede speaks perfect English with a slight English accent, and her emotional manner was sincere, persuasive, haunting. This is why her conservative detractors will soon begin attacking her in earnest, and already have begun. President Trump, doubtless thinking himself quite clever, tweeted that Greta seemed to be a happy, well adjusted young lady with a bright future, mockingly. His normal diametrically opposed to the truth self, Trump actually hit it with the notion that Ms. Thunberg has a bright and happy future. Actually she does, although she doesn't know it. That surreal picture of Greta standing in the elevator door at the U.N., looking at president Trump, as he walked past. If looks could kill, Don would be lying in state. The climate change updates get worse every time, and it now appears that we have no chance to survive. Or at least, slim to none. What is required in terms of changing our culture is far beyond any demonstrated willingness on the part of any nation on earth to accomplish. Greta Thunberg's twisted, anguished, youthful face may someday be seen by extraterrestrials as the last gasp expression of angry lost hope by the human species on a planet a thousand degrees hot. Or it may be that future human historians will watch her anguished, angry speech as the United Nations from long ago, and debate whether that speech itself saved the planet, or merely set in motion the behavior and processes required to reverse climate and save the world. We must hope and trust, the latter. If nothing else we can take comfort that future human historians, if there are any, most assuredly won't mock and ridicule Greta Thunberg like the ancient conservatives did.