I feel for Greta to an extent, what she does is admirable, and for someone so young to have such an impact on world leaders just by standing by what she believes in - takes some doing. Especially dealing with Aspergers, just to throw that in the mix. Of course plenty of people have jumped on the band wagon, a mate of mine runs a renewable energy company and met her at a recent event, she was surrounded by about 20 people they follow her everywhere.
To be honest, she is right, we got to stop burning stuff, thats kind of how we managed to keep warm in caves thousands of years ago. We have tech now which makes energy and is renewable, so in effect, set it up and let it run. With the added advantage its greener - offshore wind farms are greener and cheaper for the full life cycle of their life yet we still pump gas in from the Ukraine, makes no sense at all. We are surrounded by water, in the midst of patriots screaming brexit from an energy provision point of view those same people seem happier to import stuff than generate our own
In terms of what impact the UK has, of course its minimal, but we can hardly stand there pointing fingers at Asia and America if we do nothing ourselves. Lead by example and all that. I can roll with 10 - I am happy to reduce meat but wouldn't want to be vegetarian. I don'e eat meat for breakfast or lunch, so its just sorting out the evening meals!
All that said, bloody hate EVs, they rip the soul out of fun car ownership, great for your traffic light grand prix heroes and people that cant do corners but anyone that enjoys motoring for the theatre they are terrible. But will enjoy mine whilst I am still allowed to!