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By now we’re all used to the hypocrisy of the Prince of Wales, what with his gallivanting all over the world in luxurious style to tell the rest of us to take the bus and stop using light bulbs that actually enable us to see stuff. He’s kind of like Al Gore with even less of a resume. And he’s still at it!
According to The Independent:
Capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and environmental collapse, the Prince of Wales has warned in a grandstand speech which set out his concerns for the future of the planet.
The heir to the throne told an audience of industrialists and environmentalists at St James’s Palace last night that he had calculated that we have just 96 months left to save the world.
And in a searing indictment on capitalist society, Charles said we can no longer afford consumerism and that the “age of convenience” was over.
The Prince, who has spoken passionately about the environment before, said that if the world failed to heed his warnings then we all faced the “nightmare that for so many of us now looms on the horizon”…
Despite his attack on the materialism of the modern age, the Prince has been criticised for his own indulgences, including dozens of staff to run his homes and hundreds of thousands of pounds spent travelling around the world. While his private estates on the Duchy of Cornwall generate record profits his tax bill was lower than the year before.
Well, he’s being consistent, at least. Last March he was saying we had 100 months before it’s too late, so he does know how to count. Er, I mean calculate! Yes, he’s performed the calculations, hasn’t he? And just like a calculator, he has limited problem-solving ability and is increasingly obsolete.
Sorry, Chuck, that you’re so bored because you don’t really do anything, and that your ego is taking a pounding because everybody knows you’re a useless anachronism. Tell you what: You start living the way you want me to live, and maybe I’ll start listening to you. Give away all your worldly possessions, stop flying around in private jets, get a real job if you have any sort of actual job skills, etc. Then we’ll talk.
Or you could just shut up and enjoy your ridiculously charmed life. Either one.
P.S. He really is like Al Gore! “Prince Charles: Climate change fight is like war against Nazis”
