???????????? being passionate about arresting a global issue is never a bad thing. All you jaded old farts can <deleted> off... 

The pictures I have seen from other sources show the usual farang particpants. Just a total farce  promoted by the Murderous Marxists in their long term goal to destroy capitalism.

1 hour ago, Snackbar said:

What a bunch of clowns, haven’t a clue what they are demanding.

Exactly, she is doubtless at home in the families mansion right now along with her wealthy parents preaching to the masses!

Copied from a post on FB . . . .

To all the school kids going on 'strike' for Climate Change:
You are the first generation who have required air-conditioning in every classroom.
You want TV in every room and your classes are all computerised.
You spend all day and night on electronic devices.
More than ever, you don't walk or ride bikes to school but arrive in caravans of private cars that choke local roads and worsen rush hour traffic.
You are the biggest consumers of manufactured goods ever and update perfectly good expensive luxury items to stay trendy,
Your entertainment comes from electric devices.
Furthermore, the people driving your protests are the same people who insist on artificially inflating the population growth through immigration, which increases the need for energy, manufacturing and transport.
The more people we have, the more forest and bushland we clear and more of the environment is destroyed.
How about this...
Tell your teachers to switch off the air-con.
Walk or ride to school. Switch off your devices and read a book.
Make a sandwich instead of buying manufactured fast food.
No, none of this will happen because you are selfish, badly educated, virtue signalling little 'princesses', inspired by the adults around you who crave a feeling of having a 'noble cause' while they indulge themselves in Western luxury and unprecedented quality of life.
Wake up, grow up and learn to research facts and think for yourself and not blindly accept the words and thoughts of others - I don't think you formulated this action plan all by your self - suspect you may have had some influence and 'guidance' from those you trust ....a word of warning, be cautious of the influence of the 'left' because there may be a time in the future that you will be the ones left out...

I was there and said to the 'dead ' girl on the right in the red " Would you like to join me tonight in my eco friendly place ?" 

She said ' Drop dead ' ...............I am just out of the picture to the right.

15 hours ago, fforest1 said:

They are getting the kids brainwashed at a young age these days....Sorry kids but global warming is a hoax....And the #1 solution to global warming is raising lots and lots of taxes....

You are either a troll or even more thick than i give you credit for.

In Thai Postbag several days ago there was a very relevant and correct post from a guy in Pattaya regarding climate change. There is NOTHING we can do about it, the rivers of molten lava are going to continue flowing into the sea 24/7, forest fires will continue to rage around the world, and possibly worst of all, that pesky sun is going to come out every day warming the place up ! But what we CAN do, he said, is stop the terrible amount of pollution destroying our environment in the way of plastic disposable items, and ensure that all wastewater is adequately treated. It was the first sensible comment I have seen in Postbag in some time ????

It’s thoroughly amazing that a whole generation of people can be so brainwashed by this <deleted>. When questioned they can only regurgitate the diatribe passed onto them from their teachers. 

This is the second biggest hoax the planet has ever encountered alongside religion. 

17 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

You are either a troll or even more thick than i give you credit for.

That right there is the issue with this debate. If you don’t agree with these doomsday climate change activists they attack your intelligence. 

A few interesting aspects of this. No doubt something needs to be done. And I do believe that any positive change in this nation, is going to come from the youth. They are our only hope. They will eventually get rid of the army. I believe that.

 

Thailand cannot even control it's own air quality issues. The nation experienced the worst pollution in decades, this past year. And what has been done about it? They are blaming vehicles. And diesel engines are not helping. Thailand is one of the few nations on earth, that is still actively promoting the sale of diesel vehicles. Second, what is being done to regulate the burning of sugar cane, which is the chief culprit? Nothing whatsoever. Are they looking into alternative harvesting methods? No. Are they encouraging sugar cane farmers to find alternative crops? No. What are they doing? Nothing at all. Thailand remains one of the least progressive nations on earth, when it comes to the environment. And they are lecturing Indonesia? Where is the moral authority?

 

It is probably going to take kids like Greta, marching on parliament, and humiliating the leaders, before something begins to happen here. Usually in Thailand, the only time we see real progress on an issue, is AFTER the nation has been severely embarrassed internationally. Nothing comes from within naturally. Nothing happens because it is good for the people, or the right thing to do.

 

Chances are, the politicians are owned by the sugar industry lobbies. The damage inflicted on the environment by cane burning must stop. 

13 hours ago, kingdong said:

The problem is the world has too many people on it,tackle the disease not the symptons.

Are you advocating for culling the human herd?

That’s almost as much as I’ve been ripped off of while living in Thailand.

5 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

No doubt something needs to be done

Sure, let's do something.  Anything.  Just do something.  Right?

 

Wrong.

 

7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

It is probably going to take kids like Greta, marching on parliament, and humiliating the leaders, before something begins to happen here.

I'm sure "Greta" is quite compelling and persuasive.

Exactly where I want my public policy to come from, a hormonal teen.

7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Nothing comes from within naturally.

It does.  The climate goes one way and then the other.  That's natural.

 

First the frauds screamed global warming and then changed to climate change. 

 

Who cares.  

 

Bread and Circus.

1 minute ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

Sure, let's do something.  Anything.  Just do something.  Right?

 

Wrong.

 

I'm sure "Greta" is quite compelling and persuasive.

Exactly where I want my public policy to come from, a hormonal teen.

It does.  The climate goes one way and then the other.  That's natural.

 

First the frauds screamed global warming and then changed to climate change. 

 

Who cares.  

 

Bread and Circus.

Just keep your head in the sand. Nothing ever changes, right? Never the fault of man. The planet is so vast, we can pollute the ocean with an unlimited amount of plastic, oil, and waste, and it will never make a difference. We can spew an unlimited amount of pollution and toxic gases into the atmosphere, and nothing will ever change. We are not responsible for any harm, of any kind, on any level. Right? 

 

At least that is what big industry says, irresponsible leaders, and their lobbyists say. Why not believe them? 

good riddance

I assume they have all sold their scooters and catch no public transport.

1 hour ago, Cabradelmar said:

???????????? being passionate about arresting a global issue is never a bad thing. All you jaded old farts can <deleted> off... 

Agreed-thank the good lord Harry that most of 'em have been pensioned off by their respective nanny states (how they hate their "nanny" states-and just about everyone and everything else) and now inhabit an internet "Twilight Zone" located,i believe,somewhere West of the sun and East of the moon.

7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Just keep your head in the sand. Nothing ever changes, right? Never the fault of man. The planet is so vast, we can pollute the ocean with an unlimited amount of plastic, oil, and waste, and it will never make a difference. We can spew an unlimited amount of pollution and toxic gases into the atmosphere, and nothing will ever change. We are not responsible for any harm, of any kind, on any level. Right? 

 

At least that is what big industry says, irresponsible leaders, and their lobbyists say. Why not believe them? 

Next time you pee in the ocean, make sure you sound the alarm so the nations of the world can close their beaches for a day.

2 minutes ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

Next time you pee in the ocean, make sure you sound the alarm so the nations of the world can close their beaches for a day.

Just keep your head in the sand. That way you will never have to change you ways, take care of anything properly, or take any responsibility. You are amongst many millions who refuse to acknowledge personal responsibility, for stewardship of this amazing, wonderful, and very fragile planet. The industries love your type.

 

 

7 Eleven has removed all the trash cans at their stores in Bangkok. Just take a look at the rubbish near those stores now. Average Thai just throw the empty packages, cans, bags around the stores. We have a 7 Eleven on less than 100 meters in our street. With some wind we see all the trash from 7 Eleven blown through the street. 

Hey 7 Eleven, get those trash cans back in front of your stores !!!

Edited September 21, 20196 yr by Tops

6 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Just keep your head in the sand. That way you will never have to change you ways, take care of anything properly, or take any responsibility. You are amongst many millions who refuse to acknowledge personal responsibility, for stewardship of this amazing, wonderful, and very fragile planet. The industries love your type.

 

 

You’re seem to be talking two different issues here and claiming those who don’t agree with you have their head in the sand. Denigrating those who don’t agree with you is just a pathetic way to argue your point but it seems to be the only way climate change activists are be able to justify their claims

 

These kids are protesting to stop greenhouse emissions caused by fossil fuels which they claim is heating the planet and causing sea levels to rise. 

You seem to be tying that up with waste polluting the environment. 

 

One problem is real and here right now with marine life dying and the other is complete and utter BS. 

 

 

 

I think many folks are getting confused between 'climate change/global warming' and 'environmental emergency/issues.' There is definitely a problem with the environment in the world as many people have said, plastic bags being a major problem, recycling, trash collection etc. With climate change which seems to be the 'in topic' right now  and currently there are mass demonstrations all over the place, people especially the younger generation seem to believe that humans are major cause of the climate changing and even famous historian/explorers like David Attenborough seemed to have jumped on the band wagon. The climate is changing and has been for billions of years. Its not something new that has just happened. Humans have been around for a very short time in comparison. The climate changes in cycles, 10,000 years ago there was an ice age and there will be another. Al Gore mad millions from spouting garbage and sadly some people still believe him. Humans have a very very small impact on the climate what is changing it, is the bright yellow ball in the sky called the Sun!

37 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

You are amongst many millions who refuse to acknowledge personal responsibility, for stewardship of this amazing, wonderful, and very fragile planet.

I don't pee in the ocean. Oh, yes, I do.

Do you think I broke the ocean?

4 hours ago, Thechook said:

They had a rally in Melbourne yesterday also and you should have seen the piles of rubbish they left behind.

I was in Melbourne during and after the demonstration. Never seen any rubbish apart from the stuff in the bins. Some had spilled over but certainly nothing to worry or complain about as it was all cleaned up right after they crowd dispersed. 

17 hours ago, fforest1 said:

They are getting the kids brainwashed at a young age these days....Sorry kids but global warming is a hoax....And the #1 solution to global warming is raising lots and lots of taxes....

.... and no more kids, if (a big one) climate change is man-made of course ... I did my part ...

17 hours ago, fforest1 said:

They are getting the kids brainwashed at a young age these days....Sorry kids but global warming is a hoax....And the #1 solution to global warming is raising lots and lots of taxes....

Oh Dear God...well at least your are on the side of the most greedy and self centered Public Figure I have ever come across ... the President of the USA... who wants to ignore climate warnings for the profit motive and nothing else . I’m on my way out and I’m ashamed to think of the waste my generation created and Thailand is so bad you struggle to refuse the plastic bags and spoons and straws in  a 7/11 store and what is worse the young people behind the counter are puzzled that you don’t want them . I apologise to my grandchildren for the mess we have created. Probably will take a few more years for the penny to drop with some people . Sad .

 

 

 

... 

Without being to critical,  after all they have been brainwashed by some sketchy adults with their own  agenda, I would like to know what it is they plan to do about the real air quality problem...volcanoes.  The active volcanoes around the world are responsible for 90+ percent of air pollution....with some....no,  a lot of help from China and India.  Please tell me They have a plan........

3 minutes ago, terryofcrete said:

Oh Dear God...well at least your are on the side of the most greedy and self centered Public Figure I have ever come across ... the President of the USA... who wants to ignore climate warnings for the profit motive and nothing else . I’m on my way out and I’m ashamed to think of the waste my generation created and Thailand is so bad you struggle to refuse the plastic bags and spoons and straws in  a 7/11 store and what is worse the young people behind the counter are puzzled that you don’t want them . I apologise to my grandchildren for the mess we have created. Probably will take a few more years for the penny to drop with some people . Sad .

 

 

 

... 

Good grief. 

 

They are protesting against the use of fossil fuels that cause greenhouse gasses

 

The use of and waste caused by plastics is a different and real issue. 

9 minutes ago, Crustyhk said:

Good grief. 

 

They are protesting against the use of fossil fuels that cause greenhouse gasses

 

The use of and waste caused by plastics is a different and real issue. 

Well, as a sensible and rational individual, couldn't we agree that both of these areas create their own set of environmental issues that need to be dealt with, sooner or later?