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by avmich 1059 days ago
> Ironically people like Greta have had the worst impact on climate. Not just that she flies around the world instead of doing zooms. But that she is all doom and gloom instead of trying to help us progress technology

I'm pretty sure you're wrong here, and Greta doesn't fly, but if you insist, can you share your sources?
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gitfan86 1059 days ago
Greta and her PR team do not publish details of her carbon footprint, so I don't have exact details her travels but Wikipedia is a fairly reliable source to give some insight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_Voyages_of_Greta...

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avmich 1059 days ago
Wikipedia doesn't state that Greta flies, so I assume you're admitting your error.
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gitfan86 1059 days ago
It specifically says she does fly in emergency cases. Did you not read it?
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avmich 1059 days ago
No I didn't. Can you quote the phrase?

The word "emergency" occurs once, in phrase "Thunberg does not fly except for emergency cases.(4)" . The link (4) leads to https://time.com/5663534/greta-thunberg-arrives-sail-atlanti... "Climate Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, Arrives in New York After Sailing Across the Atlantic" . I didn't read the whole article, are you saying that article says Thunberg flies?

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avmich 1059 days ago
I read the article, it's about travel by electric boat across the ocean.

So I'm still not sure where's the information supporting "Not just that she flies around the world instead of doing zooms." coming from.

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gitfan86 1059 days ago
Sorry, I'm not sure where the wikipedia Editor got that information from. I can change my original comment to "travels with a significant carbon footprint" if you would make you happy? Does the carbon footprint section of wikipedia seem up to your standards?
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cudgy 1059 days ago
At least this time, she didn’t fly. You can watch her cross the Atlantic on sailing vessel La Vagabonde:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frZI857axRs

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