BBC: Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish climate protest

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Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish climate protest

Greta Thunberg has been fined for disobeying a police order to leave a climate protest in the Swedish port of Malmö last month.

The climate activist, 20, denied the charge. "My actions are justifiable," she said during a brief hearing.

The court in Malmö however found her guilty and fined her 2,500 Swedish krona ($240; £187), AFP reports.

Thunberg was part of a group of protesters that blocked the road for oil trucks in Malmö harbour.

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[Think. Again.]

1. My deepest gratitude for Ms.Thunberg and all the protesters.

[cynical_idealist]

2. Fined for helping to save the planet

[Calculating]

3. Do you drive a car or use products made from oil?

If so, you can't complain about the oil industry that our society depends on. It's up to society to transition away from oil, until then the oil companies are just providing what people want.

[OKIsItJustMe]

5. Perhaps it's not quite that simple

What if the “oil industry” had studied the problem of the “Greenhouse Effect” decades ago, but publicized information which contradicted their research, generating doubt in the work of legitimate researchers, and reassuring their customers that they had nothing to fear from using their products (in much the same way as the tobacco companies told people that their products would not kill them.)

Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections

[Caribbeans]

6. What if the US GOVERNMENT and OTHER GOVERNMENTS still SUBSIDIZED dirty oil even TODAY?

Can you believe the world continues to subsidize fossil fuels? ($23 Million Dollars per Minute!)

TONY PARADISO | EnergyCentral.com | Jul 18, 2023

If you’ve lived long enough that revelation probably isn’t surprising, but it’s nonetheless disappointing.

The World Bank puts the direct or explicit subsidies for coal, oil, and gas in 2021 at $577 billion. That’s twice the subsidies for renewable energy and almost six times higher than the climate funding promised by wealthy countries.

Big oil has sustained political influence and many local economies remain dependent on fossil fuel industries. This is despite the windfall profits Big Oil has reaped since inflation reared its ugly head. They chalk it up to productivity improvements, but that’s a load of crap. Spend two minutes reviewing their financials and it’s obvious that the record profits are coming from prices that are higher than current levels of inflation warrant.

And fossil fuels aren’t the only carbon emitters that continue to be subsidized. Agriculture also enjoys significant subsidies. You might be thinking - who would argue with subsidizing farmers? Well, first, the idea of the small family farm died a long time ago. Most farming is now big business. Sure, some small family farms remain. However, it would be easy to carve them out and assist their survival...more
https://energycentral.com/c/cp/can-you-believe-world-continues-subsidize-fossil-fuels

Few talk about the real reason.

Oil is the backing of the dollar ever since Tricky Dickie decided the Gold Standard was going to cause the US to RUN OUT OF MONEY

The PETRODOLLAR!



Funny how this is continually ignored. Because sometimes truth hurts - and it's too late to censor it now

[OKIsItJustMe]

7. Oh, yes, the subsidies are next to criminal in my estimation

I wouldn’t conflate them with the gold standard though.

History: FDR takes United States off gold standard
NPR: Why We Left The Gold Standard
Investopedia: What Is the Gold Standard? Advantages, Alternatives, and History

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4. Well, to be fair, she was fined for disobeying a police order...

…her motivation was that she was trying to help save the planet at the time.