“Grandpa, but you don’t understand,” protested Hamadi.
“Well, at least in this you are no different from youngsters worldwide,” retorted Muhammad.
Grandfather and grandson were discussing the merits and demerits of climate change and global warming, in their palatial home in the outskirts of Cairo.
Muhamad Hassan might have been old, but at eighty, he still possessed a charm that most youngsters today could only dream about. In his young days, Muhamad, or the Charming Bull as he was called by his friends, was a well known socialite and political leader. While he never went beyond a town councillor – though many felt that he could have gone far higher had he wished to – he was well known to most of the top guys in the government. It was said that Hosni Mubarak used to frequent Muhamad’s house often, though no one ever had any concrete proof to back this.
A climate denier, an old man of 85, and his grandson, a 20 year old climate change believer and activist, are debating
Grandson – But grandpa, the correlation between CO2 emissions and global temperatures have been clearly proven.
Grandpa – I can prove to you many other things that are positively correlated with global warming – human wealth, for instance
Grandson – But grandpa, 98% of the experts believe climate change is real
Grandpa – 98% of experts believed world was flat when Pythagoras postulated it could be a sphere
Grandson – But grandpa, we cannot just keep assuming. It will be too late if we act 30 years later
Grandpa – It will be too late for you, young man, but I will be late long before then