Hundreds of thousands of young protesters on the streets. A Swedish teenager shaming the world's elders for failing to act on climate change. A two-way blizzard of contempt played out on the internet.
After the climate debate erupted this week, it appeared there was a gaping chasm opening between the generations, something probably not seen in Australia since the anti-Vietnam War movement of the late 1960s. But like so much in this highly charged debate, the reality is more nuanced.
