The latter. Why what? Why I have this opinion? Simply because the whole campaign is purely based on emotions, it's whole frickin idea is to cause hysteria in people's minds. And Greta even says that she wants people to be afraid.
Err hang on a minute. Every campaign, advert, promotion, or politician and political party election broadcast, and marketing of everything is based on emotion, and frequently fear and hysteria.
The ad homimen is "spot on", but you make no mention of any of the rest?
What an unusual world view.
OR would you rather help out those of us who are manning the lifeboats and trying to get folks to safety? You're going to have to put down the cocktail, sir.
I certainly didn't talk about Greta Thunberg. From what I know, she's embracing the viewpoints of other organizations (which I think is the smartest thing she can do).
I think, also, you have to temper your hatred of Greta for being an uppity pre-teen, with the realization that Oil companies have known about the climate problem since the 70's and have actively worked to obfuscate the issue in order to protect their yearly profits. For DECADES.
Without taking that into account, any discussion over the 'appropriate behaviour of Greta' is certainly ingenuous, if not downright specious...
(Not sure why you always come back to Greta T. She's really not relevant in this discussion)
Anyway, I hear your point about Germany, but .. so? We can't go back and fix this. We must look forward to our own futures and do something effective about it NOW.
Myself, I'm divesting myself of all oil-based energy sources. I get my electricity from renewable (wind) sources, and live in Austria where we have been managing renewable energy projects for centuries.
There are not many options for energy sources that are reliable all year and can provide enough energy to replace fossils. There's also no efficient way to store enough energy to overcome the fluctuation in wind energy. Wind is just not a path to being carbon neutral without having a way to store the energy. It can reduce emissions from fossil fuels when it is available, but it can't replace them.