Prince William appears to have taken a leaf out of his father’s and brother’s books by expressing his woke, green side, saying that entrepreneurs should be spending their time and resources saving the planet rather than going into space.
The Duke of Cambridge, the second in line to the British throne, made the comments in an interview with the BBC on Thursday.
“The idea the space race is on at the moment, we’ve seen everyone trying to get space tourism going, it’s the idea that we need some of the world’s greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet and not trying to find the next place to go and live,” Prince William said.
“We need some of the world’s greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet”
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“[It] really is quite crucial to be focusing on this [planet] rather than giving up and heading out into space to try and think of solutions for the future,” he said, adding that he had “absolutely no interest” in going into space, worrying there was a “fundamental question” over the amount of carbon dioxide emitted during space travel.
While not mentioning any figures specifically, the prince likely was alluding to billionaires Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk, who have launched their own off-planet endeavors, including space tourism.
Prince William made the comments after 90-year-old William Shatner, of Star Trek fame, recently returned from a flight on Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket, making him the oldest man to have traveled into space.
“We’re just at the beginning, but how miraculous that beginning is. How extraordinary it is to be part of that beginning,” Shatner said before boldly going where no nonagenarian science fiction actor had gone before.
British astronaut Sir Tim Peake responded to Prince William’s criticisms, saying that going into space is “incredibly important to us”, not least because it supports the national infrastructure.
“Everyone is using space on a daily basis, probably without even knowing it,” Sir Tim told Sky News.
Addressing the prince’s climate concerns, the astronaut added that 50 percent of climate change data comes from space-based assets.
He added, countering the Duke’s carbon fears: “When you look at rocket fuel, some of the best rocket fuel is liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, and the byproduct is water. And actually, space has a very tiny impact on the environment.”
Prince William also complained about the rise of “climate anxiety” amongst the young, and praised his father Prince Charles for cheerleading for the climate change movement before it was popular, saying “it’s been a hard road for him”.
“He’s had a really rough ride on that. He’s been proved to have been well ahead of the curve,” Prince William said.
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These royal greens are the dumbest of them all. Really, no, nothing, zilch amount of any brain matter in their green heads.
The result of so much inbreeding.
What a total idiot Harry is with the intelligence of Rock and the attention span of a Flea
Prince William is a typical example of a high profile individual speaking about something he knows nothing about. As a world wide investment, what we have gained from space exploration is many, many times more than the investment. Modern electronics is many years ahead of where it would be without space exploration. It is responsible for the level of technology in cell phones, computers, automobiles, medical equipment, and much more. I just had back surgery where the surgeon was able to watch what exactly what he was doing due to sophisticated electronics in medical equipment.
There are real problems on earth and exploring or not exploring space will make no difference. One of the biggest problems is for many ethics no longer exists. Consider altering historical data to support the climate change movement. The mainstream media takes ordinary weather events that have been happening for thousands of years and makes each one, such as hurricanes, into a major reason to poor resources into climate change efforts. There is are aggressive efforts to silence those that don’t follow the political correct narratives and this isn’t limited to climate change. There is election fraud. Being born into the position of second in line to the British throne certainly does not impart wisdom.