Last Post, December 10

A couple of suggestions for anti-Adani child demonstrators.

The simplistic “Stop Adani” message on the banners of striking students needs further amplification to be more effective. Here are some suggestions: “Stop Indian industrialisation”, and, “Stop lifting Indians out of poverty”.

Neville Clark, Battery Point, Tas

Brendan O’Neill has it that our rebellious eco-truants are really just a pack of boring young conformists (“Something revolting about our young eco-truants”, 8/12). I hope he’s right, for the thought of these smug little know-alls, devoid of analytic ability and a sense of humour, morphing into a sort of green guard is distinctly unpleasant.

Terry Birchley, Bundaberg, Qld

Brendan O’Neill pours scorn on the idea that the activities of a burgeoning human population poses a threat to planetary ecology and to human civilisation. On the other hand, David Attenborough has just put the case that the threat is indeed real and deserves urgent attention. So, like many caught in this crossfire, I must decide which of the two would have the most credibility. For me, Attenborough wins hands down.

Clive Huxtable, Beaconsfield, WA

It would be reassuring to learn that the proportion of children having doubts about global warming mirrored that of society.

Rob Davies, Allendale, Vic

If climate change scientists from around the world are fabricating the anthropogenic contribution to climate change, it poses the question, why would they want to do that?

Henry Herzog, St Kilda East, Vic

Scientists from the IPCC would serve mankind better if they started to devise ways to live with climate change rather than trying to control nature.

John Clark, Burradoo, NSW

I certainly agree with Chris Kenny’s summation of the well-intentioned but badly misguided student protest on climate change. I wonder how many of them back at school blithely turn on the air conditioner because it’s a bit warm and reflect on their virtuous stance.

Brian Warrick, Bangalow, NSW

If Theresa May’s crisis becomes a crisis across the Western world, the blame for it will be laid at the feet of Donald Trump. And how ironic would that be, considering Trump is the solution not the problem.

George Fishman, Vaucluse, NSW

The premise of Brexit is that Britain could and should govern itself better than EU bureaucrats do. But Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Greece and eastern Europe show they can’t govern themselves. And you can’t free your line from the EU tangle without destroying your own line. So Brexit is all waffle and no legs.

Ross Fardon, Vermont, Vic