So, the activists are at it again. This time unfurling a huge banner on global warming from the Trump Tower in Chicago.
Four of them are under arrest, accused of doing thousands of dollars in damage to the property. They are now discovering the joys of electronic monitoring.
Do they not get that we all want clean air and water and if there was something better than fossil fuels that was reasonably priced and did not contribute to global warming, we’d all be on side?
Compare their actions with the constructive demonstration by the people who flew the solar plane around the world. They did it quietly and showed us, on the world stage, what was possible.
So much more intelligent than chaining yourself to a piece of oilfield equipment or interfering with a person’s right to work.
Solar plane pilot, Bertrand Piccard, summed it up by saying this was not just a first for aviation, it was also a first for energy.
I so appreciate a thoughtful, quiet airplane soaring on solar, to a noisy showboat powered by publicity.
Let me know what you think.
Bob Layton is the news manager of the Corus Edmonton group of radio stations and a commentator for Global News.
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