We're not scared of it. We're just not educated beyond our intelligence. We understand the scope of the problem. We understand the stupidity of humanity. Or as Einstein put it, "There are only two things that are infinite - human stupidity and the universe, and I'm not sure about the latter.'

The degree of destruction that rare earths causes when they are mined (for green energy) causes just as much damage as fossil fuels do - just in a different way. When you multiple that billions times over to supply batteries for solar panels, EVSs and wind turbines, you screw the earth just as much - only in different ways.

Also, when these batteries expire, you have the same problem as you have with nuclear energy. Where do you store the toxic waste?

And, no, it's not doable by 2040. What on earth makes you think that?

You think Russia, China, America, Africa is going to invest in all this tech? They have neither the desire nor the money?

When last where you in Africa? When last were you in the States? Have you had a good look at China and India?

Where do you get the idea that many countries are on target to 80% and will be carbon neutral by 2030? Who on earth told you that? That's laughable.

I just spent 5 years in South Africa. They are struggling with fossil fuel electricity and there is loadshedding frequently where the entire electricity grid is put off. There is no 'green' electricity.

Some years ago, when I was living in Spain, there were wind turbines everywhere. I spent some months in Germany a few years ago. Their computer and phone tech is still stuck in the 90s. They flourish because they build large machines for China.

At some point, while I was in Portugal, we had a cyber attack on one of the ISP companies. The country was down for 3 days to a week. We couldn't bank, the hospitals went down - it was an interesting experience.

I currently live in Ireland, and, yes, we have green energy, but not enough, and despite the country being supposedly the third richest in the world, it actually isn't. There aren't sufficient homes for people.

The money is held by the huge tech companies that came here to pay less tax.

I don't know if you ever studied eco-systems or geology. I did. I don't think you have any idea of just how massive the issue is.

The massive 6th species extinction isn't happening so much as a result of climate change. It is happening because human beings are intruding on earth space - because human beings are building where there used to be flora and fauna. It's happening because we are using genetically modified crops.

You say I must spend a day in the countryside? I'm curious? Just who do you think you're talking to? I'm South African and have spent time in many countries in African. I'm also German which is why I've lived and spent so much time in Europe, the UK, etc. I've been traveling and living all over the world for the past 50 years. I spent 11 years living in the States.

My current cottage is in a little village in Douglas, just outside Cork, Ireland. It looks out on a small woods, which is typical of a mini rainforest.

I no longer see the worms, the butterflies, the insects, that I grew up with 70 years ago.

There are other influences in my life. My late father, for instance, spoke 11 languages, and had degrees in engineering, law, and journalism. He attended the university where Einstein was teaching and met him several times. He visited the site in Berlin where rockets were born. For much of his life, he was president/ chairman of engineering society and astronomical society.

I come from a highly gifted and educated family. My late father was lecturing on reaching the moon in the 40s. I still have the posters (when he lectured the Royal Air Force during the war).

I'm not scared of tech. I have, however, studied the earth, read extensively, etc. Oh, and I was programming in machine language and assembler in the mid 70s, etc. I was an early adopter of the web and during the first week I was on it, there was 3004 sites on the entire web. I read for 5 hours each day (at least). I read widely. As a child growing up, I read between 2 and 4 books a day.

So, um, not scared of tech. Just know that it cannot solve the issues. When the world's most intelligent and highly educated scientists tell you that we're heading for extinction, there is a reason. And it's not alarmism.