Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya (1746–1828)
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Wiki notes Goya, extremely frustrated with political leaders of his time, secretly painted this on a wall in his house. It’s obvious since James Hansen’s U.S. Senate climate testimony 35 years ago, global political leaders have been “devouring” their children, and yours.
Hansen was later quoted, “Coal is the single greatest threat to civilization and all life on our planet. . . . the dirtiest trick that governments play on their citizens is that they are working for ‘clean coal.’ . . .The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death.”
Similarly, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, noted in my August 25, 2018 post, “In Germany we should focus everything on the phase out of coal.” Recent reports show now is a good time to phase out coal, and all fossil fuels, everywhere as soon as possible.
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