Climate protesters block roads
Discussion
grumbledoak said:
17.4 million vote for Brexit. Betrayed.
5 million marched against Blair's war. Nothing.
A few hundred soap dodgers block traffic to fight "climate change"? Only if the elite were going to do that anyway is my guess.
And whilst they sat there China opened another four coal powered power stations 5 million marched against Blair's war. Nothing.
A few hundred soap dodgers block traffic to fight "climate change"? Only if the elite were going to do that anyway is my guess.
Took my 5 year old into London today for the first time today. She's a Geordie, so the Capital's a whole new world
I saw a few of them gathering near the pier at Embankment. I didn't know what they were protesting about at the time, but noticed that many of them had kids with them. I commented to my partner about it not being right they fetch their kids out to protest, as it's not the parents' choice to make. Like religion though I guess.
It was later in the day that annoyed me though. I was walking from Hamleys to Oxford Circus, when one of them tried to pass me a leaflet. I never want a leaflet, whatever the message, so politely just said no thanks. At which point I was hit with a torrent of language in the ilk that it's people like me that cause the problem and I've got effing blood on my hands... I said I'd appreciate if they didn't swear in front of my daughter, which didn't go down too well. Bloody idiots.
On the train back to the hotel, my daughter was clearly troubled by it all and wanted to know why I upset them so much, and what she meant when she referred to blood on my hands.
Thanks for tainting a lovely day. Shame the police can't just shift them on really.
I guess I was right not telling the leafleter I blend mineral oils in my day job!
I saw a few of them gathering near the pier at Embankment. I didn't know what they were protesting about at the time, but noticed that many of them had kids with them. I commented to my partner about it not being right they fetch their kids out to protest, as it's not the parents' choice to make. Like religion though I guess.
It was later in the day that annoyed me though. I was walking from Hamleys to Oxford Circus, when one of them tried to pass me a leaflet. I never want a leaflet, whatever the message, so politely just said no thanks. At which point I was hit with a torrent of language in the ilk that it's people like me that cause the problem and I've got effing blood on my hands... I said I'd appreciate if they didn't swear in front of my daughter, which didn't go down too well. Bloody idiots.
On the train back to the hotel, my daughter was clearly troubled by it all and wanted to know why I upset them so much, and what she meant when she referred to blood on my hands.
Thanks for tainting a lovely day. Shame the police can't just shift them on really.
I guess I was right not telling the leafleter I blend mineral oils in my day job!
Edited by sanguinary on Monday 15th April 20:35
Ridgemont said:
Little sequence about them on PM on R4 this evening.
Their manifesto has 3 points
1) gov to proclaim extinction emergency
2) net zero emissions by 2025 ( yes in *6* years time)
3) citizens council to instruct government on radical policy proposals
When Evan Davis mildly quizzed the founder on what her expectations around life in net zero emissions ‘25 Britain would be like, including the complete elimination of plane flight, cars etc she hummed and hawed and said the detail would need to be worked out by experts.
Fruit loops.
What they don't seem to realise is that to achieve that we would need to consume mega amounts of fossil fuel for those 6 years just to make the 'green renewable' infrastructure large enough to cope with the demand.Their manifesto has 3 points
1) gov to proclaim extinction emergency
2) net zero emissions by 2025 ( yes in *6* years time)
3) citizens council to instruct government on radical policy proposals
When Evan Davis mildly quizzed the founder on what her expectations around life in net zero emissions ‘25 Britain would be like, including the complete elimination of plane flight, cars etc she hummed and hawed and said the detail would need to be worked out by experts.
Fruit loops.
motco said:
Luckily they all managed to get a day off work on the same day... 
But what group of employed people have recent started their long Easter break? I would hazard a guess that a large number of these protesters will be back teaching your kids or giving lectures to impressionable students in a few weeks time.
Ridgemont said:
Little sequence about them on PM on R4 this evening.
Their manifesto has 3 points
1) gov to proclaim extinction emergency
2) net zero emissions by 2025 ( yes in *6* years time)
3) citizens council to instruct government on radical policy proposals
When Evan Davis mildly quizzed the founder on what her expectations around life in net zero emissions ‘25 Britain would be like, including the complete elimination of plane flight, cars etc she hummed and hawed and said the detail would need to be worked out by experts.
Fruit loops.
What about the provision of medical treatments? I agree we have an issue with the cost of drugs, but can we provide surgery, chemotherapy, etc whilst going completely carbon free by 2025? How would preventing it tie in with saving humanity?Their manifesto has 3 points
1) gov to proclaim extinction emergency
2) net zero emissions by 2025 ( yes in *6* years time)
3) citizens council to instruct government on radical policy proposals
When Evan Davis mildly quizzed the founder on what her expectations around life in net zero emissions ‘25 Britain would be like, including the complete elimination of plane flight, cars etc she hummed and hawed and said the detail would need to be worked out by experts.
Fruit loops.
I find it very hypocritical that so many of the protesters have offspring, the whole reason for the mess we're in is due to overpopulation.
The UK is doing pretty well in reducing emissions and that success should be acknowledged by the protesters but they don't seem to listen, the fact they are causing economic damage and inconveniencing the public just turns the general population against being more environmental.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-carbon-emi...
The UK is doing pretty well in reducing emissions and that success should be acknowledged by the protesters but they don't seem to listen, the fact they are causing economic damage and inconveniencing the public just turns the general population against being more environmental.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-carbon-emi...
Blakewater said:
Ridgemont said:
Little sequence about them on PM on R4 this evening.
Their manifesto has 3 points
1) gov to proclaim extinction emergency
2) net zero emissions by 2025 ( yes in *6* years time)
3) citizens council to instruct government on radical policy proposals
When Evan Davis mildly quizzed the founder on what her expectations around life in net zero emissions ‘25 Britain would be like, including the complete elimination of plane flight, cars etc she hummed and hawed and said the detail would need to be worked out by experts.
Fruit loops.
What about the provision of medical treatments? I agree we have an issue with the cost of drugs, but can we provide surgery, chemotherapy, etc whilst going completely carbon free by 2025? How would preventing it tie in with saving humanity?Their manifesto has 3 points
1) gov to proclaim extinction emergency
2) net zero emissions by 2025 ( yes in *6* years time)
3) citizens council to instruct government on radical policy proposals
When Evan Davis mildly quizzed the founder on what her expectations around life in net zero emissions ‘25 Britain would be like, including the complete elimination of plane flight, cars etc she hummed and hawed and said the detail would need to be worked out by experts.
Fruit loops.
Edit:
The bizarre idea is that reptiles are vulnerable. The f
kers somehow survived the Chicxulub impact.Edited by Ridgemont on Tuesday 16th April 01:54
Edited by Ridgemont on Tuesday 16th April 01:56
garagewidow said:
Ridgemont said:
Little sequence about them on PM on R4 this evening.
Their manifesto has 3 points
1) gov to proclaim extinction emergency
2) net zero emissions by 2025 ( yes in *6* years time)
3) citizens council to instruct government on radical policy proposals
When Evan Davis mildly quizzed the founder on what her expectations around life in net zero emissions ‘25 Britain would be like, including the complete elimination of plane flight, cars etc she hummed and hawed and said the detail would need to be worked out by experts.
Fruit loops.
What they don't seem to realise is that to achieve that we would need to consume mega amounts of fossil fuel for those 6 years just to make the 'green renewable' infrastructure large enough to cope with the demand.Their manifesto has 3 points
1) gov to proclaim extinction emergency
2) net zero emissions by 2025 ( yes in *6* years time)
3) citizens council to instruct government on radical policy proposals
When Evan Davis mildly quizzed the founder on what her expectations around life in net zero emissions ‘25 Britain would be like, including the complete elimination of plane flight, cars etc she hummed and hawed and said the detail would need to be worked out by experts.
Fruit loops.
An aquitance of mine has actually taken a week off his comfy job to join these protests. What’s ironic is that 2 weeks ago he was sunning himself on a beach on the other side of the world, which he used a 747 of course to get to.
What I don’t understand about these complete hypocritical idiots is that they all consume services daily which affects carbon output. Cars, buses, trains, planes, the internet, various food etc etc.
If the government gave into their demands of zero carbon by next Tuesday lunchtime or whenever it is, the world would look very very different, and possibly not one anyone in the modern world would want to live in.
What I don’t understand about these complete hypocritical idiots is that they all consume services daily which affects carbon output. Cars, buses, trains, planes, the internet, various food etc etc.
If the government gave into their demands of zero carbon by next Tuesday lunchtime or whenever it is, the world would look very very different, and possibly not one anyone in the modern world would want to live in.
devnull said:
An aquitance of mine has actually taken a week off his comfy job to join these protests. What’s ironic is that 2 weeks ago he was sunning himself on a beach on the other side of the world, which he used a 747 of course to get to.
What I don’t understand about these complete hypocritical idiots is that they all consume services daily which affects carbon output. Cars, buses, trains, planes, the internet, various food etc etc.
If the government gave into their demands of zero carbon by next Tuesday lunchtime or whenever it is, the world would look very very different, and possibly not one anyone in the modern world would want to live in.
What people like him really mean, is they want everyone else to cut down so they can carry on. The likes of Bono and DiCaprio bang on about the climate and yet consume more energy that small countries in their private jets.What I don’t understand about these complete hypocritical idiots is that they all consume services daily which affects carbon output. Cars, buses, trains, planes, the internet, various food etc etc.
If the government gave into their demands of zero carbon by next Tuesday lunchtime or whenever it is, the world would look very very different, and possibly not one anyone in the modern world would want to live in.
If you try to engage these people they stand there in their man made clothes, having traveled from a far on polluting transport and when challenged they are devoid of any idea other than everyone else is wrong.
I spoke with a Greenpeace mob, they were banging on about plastic and when I mentioned their banner was plastic, they all looked at each other then just started shouting about shopping bags, ignoring the hypocrisy.
Sadly as others have said, many of these will be polluting the minds of kids they teach on this.
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