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Spain: the environment minister travels by jet, in a limousine and then makes the last few meters by bike. This is how virtue is practiced

“Do as I say, don't do as I do” said the bad preachers of the past, and their example has been taken up by modern preachers of the environmentalist left.

The self-righteous behavior erupted on Tuesday July 11, when Spanish Environment Minister Teresa Ribera allegedly traveled by private, probably state, jet and then hopped on an electric bicycle as she was being escorted by petrol vehicles to a climate summit held by the European Union. The heart of hypocrisy can only see hypocritical attitudes.

A video of Ribera, a member of the Socialist Workers' Party of Spain, has gone viral and has attracted strong reactions on Twitter. For the last kilometer of the journey, he tackled the European summit of environment and energy ministers on an electric bicycle.

The public relations stunt seems purely external: after all, who rides a bike in such clothing? Furthermore, the absence of a helmet and suitable shoes is evident and suggests that she was only on the bike for a short distance.

On twitter, the reactions ranged from mocking to angry. Everyone caught the absurdity of the minister's behavior:

It's those little things we can all do to save the world, like pedaling half a mile after flying in our private jet.

The bicycle is also electric, with pedal assistance. What electricity charged it? It is not that energy generated by natural gas or, God forbid, coal was used!!

This is the environmentalism of the powerful: where your Panda destroys the environment, their private jet doesn't, but they still pretend to ride a bicycle. Of course, you buy it.


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The article Spain: the environment minister travels by jet, in a limousine and then cycles the last few meters. This is how virtue is practiced comes from Scenari Economici .


This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/spagna-il-ministro-dellambiente-viaggia-in-jet-in-limousine-e-poi-fa-gli-ultimi-metri-in-bici-cosi-si-pratica-la-virtu/ on Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:28:29 +0000.