Extinction Rebellion needs to be

made extinct.

I am sorry. I have had enough. When someone I know is trying to reach their place of work, a hospital, and having real problems doing so because an "activist" is dangling from a bridge leading to it I am left fuming. When someone trying to earn a living by running a cafe loses thousands of dollars because an "activist" has decided to "paint" the walls of the building with graffiti I am disgusted.

There has been too much of this lately. These "activists" are not the rent-a-crowd young either. They are much older people who should know far better what the other consequences of their actions are.

Parliament has apparently responded by rushing through laws which dramatically increase the penalties. That won't work. Some of these people no longer go to work. Yes, some of them are that old.

They say they are concerned for the environment, that they are worried about global warming. They want us to stop using fossil fuels and rely on "renewables".

Well, I have news for them. Their "protective" clothing was made from fossil fuels. Their "renewable" energy isn't going to save the planet.

What will save the planet is something that nobody seems prepared to discuss. It's the hard option, the option that will require a lot of thought and hard physical labour. It's the need to regrow that green canopy, the right green canopy. The right green canopy in the right places is what will reduce the global temperature. It will feed us, clothe us and house us. Everyone will benefit.

These so-called activists who disrupt morning traffic and prevent others from getting to work or earning a living need to be set to work growing the green canopy.