Oh, to drive on the open road! Such a sweet thing. As Whitesnake so unforgettably sang, “And here I go again on my own / Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known / Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone / And I’ve made up my mind / I ain’t wasting no more time
” This is a sentiment that ’80s hair bands and 16-year-old climate activists now share
 Greta Thunberg, who famously doesn’t fly for carbon footprint reasons, is not wasting any more time
 She’s going down the road through the U.S. and Canada, and, by December 2, will land in Santiago, Chile, for the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference
 She’ll be protesting and striking and meeting whales along the way. One can imagine that when Whitesnake’s David Coverdale sang those words, he was thinking about driving 80, maybe 90, miles per hour
 Thunberg noted that she’s traveling across North America “slowly,” and who knows if she’s even driving herself? Pretty metal, regardless, if you ask me
 That said, she got the car for this journey from Arnold Schwarzenegger, sentient forearm muscle and former governor of California
 He arranged for the kid to get a Tesla Model 3. The news arrives courtesy of those who would know best, Car and Driver, which confirmed the favor
 (To quote another old song: “It’s electric!”) He didn’t lend his electric-powered Hummer; it was deemed too impractical
 “Getting his electric Hummer across the country would be quite a challenge, so it isn’t his personal car,” his spokesman told Car and Driver
 How did that happen? It was official activism business, it would seem. He met her back in May in Austria for a climate summit, and expressed his enthusiasm for her message: https://twitter
com/Schwarzenegger/status/1133005607303307265 So, anyway, there she goes again on her own—along with millions of people who also would like someone to do something about the end of the world
 She’s going down the road in a Tesla Model 3, like a drifter born to [drive] alone and/or with her parents, despite a craven 70-something-year-old’s sarcastic tweets
 She’s made up her mind! She and Schwarzenegger aren’t wasting any more time.More Great Stories from Vanity Fair — The best-dressed stars at the 2019 Emmys— A sprinkle of Meghan magic in Cape Town— Nancy Pelosi masters impeachment style— Cracking the mysteries of The Masked Singer’s strangest creation— Will this wedding gift save the environment?— From the Archive: The undisputed philosopher prince who saved Chanel Looking for more? Sign up for our daily newsletter and never miss a story
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