http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/11/01/you-may-not-believe-this-but-greta-thunbergs-no-air-travel-plan-has-hit-a-hilarious-snag-a/
WARNING: Do not have a sip of coffee or any other beverage in your mouth when you read this as it's the funniest thing we've read today.
16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg is stuck "halfway to Chile" because organizers moved the event to Spain:
Patricia Espinoza C.: "We are pleased to announce the COP Bureau has agreed that #COP25 will take place from 2-13 December in Madrid, Spain."
Greta Thunberg: "As #COP25 has officially been moved from Santiago to Madrid I'll need some help. It turns out I've traveled half around the world, the wrong way :>) Now I need to find a way to cross the Atlantic in November ... If anyone could help me find transport I would be so grateful."
... We already know that her original trip involved flying crew members all over the place to reposition the yacht. And now this?
More from the WSJ:
Greta's voyage has had its own critics, who have pointed out that some members of the sailing crew will return by plane, while others fly in to sail the boat back to Europe.
Boris Herrmann, captain of the sailboat, Malizia II, said that the criticism was expected but that Greta shouldn't be held responsible for the flights by crew members. "We are kind of the ferry to bring her over. We're a professional sailing team and sometimes we need to fly. We used this voyage also to train," he said, adding that the team offsets its flights by funding sustainability projects, including mangrove planting in Indonesia. "The trip is an example of how difficult it is to have zero carbon impact."
And this, campers, is why we don't let 16-year-olds set public policy:
Greta Thunberg: "This of course no problem. People are suffering all around the world, and I'm fine whatever I do and wherever I am.
Start swimmin' lil' girl ... you may get to Spain in time for next year's event ... which, of course, will be in Chile.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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