The G20 discussed the problems of ecology, global warming and climate change. Sorry, I also translate the first term, in case you haven’t understood it: ecology. It couldn’t be otherwise. It would have been as if, in the Council of Trent, there was no mention of Protestantism. With one difference, however. That the Church had some power to reform itself and try to cope with the schism, while the nations cannot do much against the climate (which by the way was not invited to the G20).
Or at least, something they could do: commit suicide. Just to please Greta Thunberg. But most of them show a calloused insensitivity to the needs of the planet. He prefers to feed his citizens than to spoil himself for the Pandas and the Monk Seal. So today the states are divided into two categories: those that declare that they will do the impossible, at any cost, to save the planet, but they will do nothing, and those that do not even declare that they will do something. For example, the biggest, ugliest and meanest country that exists, China. They are at best willing to put pen to paper that they would be happy if, for the middle of the century, or some time beyond, humanity had a less negative impact on the fate of the planet.
At this point all that remains is to write a pompous official statement in which we are told that we would all, absolutely everyone, want our grandmother to have wheels. Unfortunately, the poor woman does not currently have them. So we pass from Italian to Latin, from projects to desires. We will have a release full of wishes. And all this because, once again, they want to deal without the host.
Reality does not change according to fashions. On the one hand there are many countries still on the verge of hunger today, and far from willing to take on further difficulties, on the other hand we have a giant, China, which has a lot of coal and has respect for the interests of the nation. . At one time perhaps, with Mao Tse Tung, he would have sacrificed them for ideals, but today he would certainly not sacrifice them for Greta Thunberg. And if all the rest of the world pulls it straight, in terms of ecology, what do you want Europe and the United States to be serious about? They could generously castrate themselves, but that wouldn’t stop others from continuing to make love.
That is why, as long as we talk, the plans are very ambitious, and the teacher Ursula von der Leyen gives us the winks, if our faith falters. But when it comes to taking action, they are all capable of doing the math. Absolutely ruthless accounts.
Once again we are faced with the dementia of our age. We Europeans achieved monetary union before that policy, which was like giving the key to the safe to wise children and spendthrift, not to mention the honest and thieves, hoping that the latter would refrain from doing damage Now, continuing in the same bold policy, we talk about the energy transition.
Transition means passage. I used to walk and now I go horseback riding. I ate everything and switched to a vegetarian diet. I was a Protestant and I became a Catholic. But in all these examples, as in all those that we could do, it is a question of passing from one state to another, both possible, on a concrete basis. Because the horse, plant foods and Catholicism exist. But would it be a transition if I said I intend to go from walking to riding the hippogriff? From the normal diet to just eating grass?
In time we could talk about the energy transition as Yes disposessse already of the alternative of renewable sources. Then yes we could put an end to the production of traditional energy from fossil fuels to switch to “clean energy”. Today, excluding hydroelectric plants, we produce a negligible percentage of energy from renewable sources. How to suddenly switch from 90% of energy from fossils to 90% of energy from renewable sources? It’s possible? And how much is it? I don’t have the answer here, but Greta Thunberg certainly does. And the girl was rightly offended because they did not invite her to the G20. In fact, there he would have brilliantly solved the problem.
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