The question of the year, the climate

We can only discuss one issue at the time. For the moment it is the climate.
The ices are already melting, I know. That's scary.. ..and all disasters that our children might experience. I know this is serious.

I remember when the future depended on if I turned off the light when I left a room or not. I took that seriously, because I was a child then. I remember there were stickers on every button "turn off the light". Then a couple of years later the stickers were gone. Why?

I also remember when the trees were dying. That was scary. I've seen some trees that didn't look very well so I think it was true. I don't know what happened to those trees, did they recover? Not to mention the seas and the rare animals. A lot to worry about...

It seems the Swedish environment minister Andreas Carlgren knows what to do about the climate. I've read that he will stop the "environmental crooks" that are sending old computers, cars, fridges and mobile phones to poor countries.

OK, I agree that old fridges containing freon should be destroyed here, but how about old cars and mobile phones? If we have been running stinky old cars for about 50 years, why shouldn't some poor person be able to run that old car a bit more? And an old mobile phone could mean the world to a poor person. I think it's like preventing a starving person to eat the leftovers from your plate, because you think the food isn't healthy enough and you feel responsible for the health in the world.

Don't misunderstand me, I do think the climate is important. I just hope they concentrate on the most important things and don't do stupid mistakes. They are talking about sending money from rich countries to poor countries in order to improve the environment.

I've noted that Chinese banks, I mean Chinese companies, seems to afford to buy Swedish companies, because we can't afford to run them. But the environment in China is terrible, so it can't just be a question about money, can it? I hope it's not about sending money between countries, isn't it about funding certain projects, isn't it??