Greta Thunberg, who got stuck in North America when the big climate conference was moved from Chile to Spain, finally arrived in Europe after three weeks crossing the Atlantic:
After sailing on a catamaran for 3 weeks from New York City, Greta Thunberg arrived in Portugal today. https://t.co/vEFEy8nBt3
— Axios (@axios) December 3, 2019
Greta, who refuses to fly because flying destroys the planet, did seem pretty psyched to see the CO2-powered lights of Portugal, however:
Land ahoy! pic.twitter.com/jt3qr8kKhP
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 3, 2019
Thankfully the boat had an engine, too:
We’ve furled the sails and are on final approach to Lisbon.
— Nikki Henderson (@_NikkiHenderson) December 3, 2019
Why didn’t they just do what ancient mariners did and just keep sailing around outside of the harbor until the winds were in the right direction?
Sorry to anyone waiting, as you can see, winds not being as helpful as it could be #sailinglavagabonde #lisbon @GretaThunberg @_NikkiHenderson pic.twitter.com/9uwDc3NOs9
— Riley Whitelum (@Sailing_LaVaga) December 3, 2019
Oh, and the worst part? The amateur-sailing YouTubers flew in a professional captain for the voyage, thus negating the entire purpose of the trip:
Oops. British yacht skipper, 26, wiped out the carbon emissions saved by Greta Thunberg's sail across the Atlantic by flying out to the US to help her
via https://t.co/zBvgabsseH https://t.co/tIEgH99L2c— Julie Gunlock (@JGunlock) December 1, 2019
We assume the captain will be flown back to her home port which makes the trip doubly worse than if Greta just flew from America to Spain in the first place:
This is so f*cking stupid and everyone who cheers her on should be called out. Rather than flying to Madrid on her own, the two YouTubers flew in a captain for Greta’s Atlantic crossing https://t.co/CFc1p8jDI6
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) December 2, 2019
Now let’s sit back and watch the media ignore all of this.
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