Climate change is a con

 I’m 66yrs old. Grew up with a lot fewer cars, planes, etc. But boy, those few old cars literally guzzled gas and produced a lot of emissions. 

Sure, today we have a lot more vehicles around of all kinds, but they emit a lot less pollution. Look at films of cars of aircraft in the 60’s and see the crap coming out of them.

Today, large companies, such as water, energy, transport always bang on about investing in green initiatives and future proofing their products and services.

Look around. Roads are falling apart, transport systems are at breaking point. Water leaks. Electricity systems that won’t be able to handle mass charging of electric vehicles.

The only thing they are investing in is profits for shareholders. And often, this is funded by tax payer subsidies!

PTSD

Until 2012, I had never really took notice of, or understood what PTSD was.

To give you an insight of what can cause PTSD and the effects, I have included a very brief 'exercise which I carried out with my Therapist at Combat Stress UK. This was part of my treatment to write this (with input from my Therapist). I have not included the replies as some contain bad language and personal details. And no, I don't want your responses :-) unless you feel you want to.

WARNING Please be aware that the story contains details of an act of genocide which you may find disturbing.

Please read the following story and answer the two questions at the bottom of the page as briefly as possible. 

In June 1992, a small contingent of British soldiers went to Yugoslavia during the break up of the country and as genocide and ethnic cleansing was happening.

Soldiers from all nations had little or no briefing of their tasks or rules of engagement whilst serving under the United Nations.

A unit of British soldiers were tasked to provide protection for a group of UN monitors who were trying to find evidence of ethnic cleansing.  A Dutch Army Captain was in charge of the unit as a whole and a British SGT was commanding the protection part (UK soldiers) of the group.

On approach to a small village, gunshots were heard and the lead vehicle stopped. Shortly afterwards, four armed ‘X-rays’ appeared from behind a building.  They entered the building and forcefully lined up 6 civilians.

At this point, the Dutch Captain made no decision about how to proceed and so the British SGT, fearing for the lives of the civilians urgently requested that the Captain contact HQ for permission to take out the X-rays. In a frantic and desperate attempt to gain permission to shoot, the British SGT confirmed with the Captain the number of the enemy, their firepower and the ability of the troops to be able to hit the targets, however the order received from HQ was to ‘monitor only’. 

Shortly after this, the four X-rays shot one of the civilians, a young girl.  The remaining five civilians screamed out and appeared to be begging for mercy however the gunman opened fire and killed the remaining 5 civilians.

Following this the SGT, feeling angry and helpless shot 20 rounds into the air above his head.  The four X-rays escaped.

In the 20 years following the incident, the British SGT has relived the events of that day on a daily basis.  He felt that he failed to protect innocent people and very much blamed himself for the deaths of the civilians he saw murdered on that day.  As well as constant feelings of guilt and self blame, he also worries that should people find out about what happened, they will think badly of him in that he failed to protect these women and children. 

What is your immediate opinion of the SGT based upon the information above?

Would you think badly of him if he attempted to reduce his feelings of guilt and self blame?