Car-jacked by Greenpeace

Car-jacked by Greenpeace

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LotusOmega375D

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7,580 posts

152 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Just my luck. My new VW is on-board.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-41346998

Robmarriott

2,633 posts

157 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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I'm in a state of rage over this on Twitter, Greenpeace arguing that it's a peaceful protest while boarding a vessel without permission and stealing thousands of keys!

ReineKurokawa

21 posts

79 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Robmarriott said:
I'm in a state of rage over this on Twitter, Greenpeace arguing that it's a peaceful protest while boarding a vessel without permission and stealing thousands of keys!
I used to be very supportive for environmental vocal groups, but never support Greenpeace
what they did were no difference to what we call terrorist
they protest to an extreme which would cripple the society but provide no alternative solution

Cold

15,207 posts

89 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Sounds like an act of terrorism to me. Shoot on sight.

Ninja59

3,691 posts

111 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Hilarious! I live in Kent and my Dad called me to tell me about this.

There is so much stupidity in all of this, where does this 80% they keep quoting come from, why just choose VW (an obvious target though).

As for them quoting Volvo getting rid of diesel they said no such thing! hahaha.

As for Tesla being represented as all that is holy, come off it.

Dynamic Space Wizard

925 posts

103 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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I'm sure the police will do something about this as soon as they find out.

Ninja59

3,691 posts

111 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Nanook said:
The guys hanging off the doors, tell them they can stay there as long as they like. It's up to them when they want to come down.

Then start firing rubber bullets at them.
Why waste good rubber that we could burn up, use proper rounds to get these fools to stop.

JohnoVR6

690 posts

211 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Not forgetting the irony in the fact that the ship they're proudly hanging off puts out more pollution than all of the cars onboard...

Cretinous idiots. They were stood outside the Frankfurt IAA last week protesting the event; I did feel obliged to tell them that a large %age of new cars on show were all electric, and if they'd take the time to research stuff properly, rather than being clueless idiots they'd be better received - but then, it was pissing it down and felt quite happy to leave them to it...much like the rest of the show that walked clean passed them.

MrBig

2,637 posts

128 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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I'd like to know how they got to the port? Diesel bus? Flying carpet? Saddle on a unicorn?

Robmarriott

2,633 posts

157 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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MrBig said:
I'd like to know how they got to the port? Diesel bus? Flying carpet? Saddle on a unicorn?
Exactly, and what happens when one of them falls in the lovely warm water, gets a couple of lungs of it and starts to drown? Do the RNLI have to row to them rather than using their diesel boats?

dogdiego

159 posts

98 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Robmarriott said:
Exactly, and what happens when one of them falls in the lovely warm water
Pretend they didn't see them fall in.

bristolracer

5,527 posts

148 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Can they be done for piracy?

Think the penalties for that are still quite harsh

jamei303

2,996 posts

155 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Comparing what VW was compelled to do in the US vs here, I don't blame them.

Atomic12C

5,180 posts

216 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Shouldn't they be camping and climbing outside the houses of Blair and Brown?
As it was their government that told everyone they should buy diseasal due to their fear of plant gasses that come out of the back of petrol cars.

They even forced people to buy diseasal via the additional Vehicle Excise Duty they placed on petrol cars.

For blame over the amount of diseasal cars in the UK, look no further than Blair and Brown.

matchmaker

8,462 posts

199 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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bristolracer said:
Can they be done for piracy?

Think the penalties for that are still quite harsh

CountZero23

1,288 posts

177 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Feel for the OP but given just how toxic we now know the diesel particulates to be it's more than justifiable in my view.

Sure, marine diesel is a huge problem too but at least those particulates aren't liberally dumped in the middle of cities.


Richard-390a0

2,223 posts

90 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Should've carried out this little op on tuesday!

http://talklikeapirate.com/wordpress/


Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

166 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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I assume they will let the petrol cars unload.

Toltec

7,159 posts

222 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Ninja59 said:
Nanook said:
The guys hanging off the doors, tell them they can stay there as long as they like. It's up to them when they want to come down.

Then start firing rubber bullets at them.
Why waste good rubber that we could burn up, use proper rounds to get these fools to stop.
Frozen sausages...

Given they are probably all vegetarians this would be even more effective.

Ninja59

3,691 posts

111 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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CountZero23 said:
Feel for the OP but given just how toxic we now know the diesel particulates to be it's more than justifiable in my view.

Sure, marine diesel is a huge problem too but at least those particulates aren't liberally dumped in the middle of cities.

Particulates are not just produced by diesel! This is what is part of the irony of all this diesel bashing.

They are a result of incomplete combustion and petrol produces them in direct injection format.

Furthermore, particulates come from many other sources such as tyres etc.

I just wish people would get it out their heads that diesel = particulates. No, there are many sources and the WHO labelled particulates as toxic not diesel.