taxes and jobs. always popular with government ministers. thier donors get to run their business, keeps them happy too. meanwhile others invest in renewables, one investment does not exclude the other.
That populism doesn't take into account the damage done to the environment. What we need is some groups
I suppose the question for me is more about deliberately causing inconvenience rather than being affected by inconvenience.
I suppose the question for me is more about deliberately causing inconvenience rather than being affected by inconvenience.
My main issue though is the absolute futility of the disruption, it’s blatantly obvious that it will have absolute zero impact on government decision making. The argument that “at least we are trying to have an effect while you are doing nothing” is beyond belief.
How many gay people in Qatar have improved lives now because people wore rainbow armbands at the World Cup ?
There is a political vessel in this country for everyone who believes so very strongly in the causes of Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion. The way to affect political change is through politics and The Green Party is long established. Unfortunately it’s not that popular and has never had much success at a National level of politics. If everyone who believes so strongly in these causes voted Green we would be able to see the difference wouldn’t we? Our democracy, a society with a democratically elected government would have to take notice.
Exactly. Just because one person disagrees with something or thinks it's futile, it doesn't trump other opinions. That's why protests, usually by an intolerant minority, piss off the rest of society. Selfish people who just want their own way at the expense of things others hold dear. As you say, if things inconvenience you or you don't agree just put up with it for the benefit of others. But no, it won't happen and humanity will destroy itself, the planet and everything on it regardless of protests. Too many humans, too little planet.
I think the UK has gone from emissions of about 800 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (ie all greenhouses gases together) in the 80s sometime to about 400 million tonnes now (rough figures only, I'm not even completely sure of the units but I'm rushing out and not time to check - happy to be corrected if wrong) so yes I agree something has been done. We've made progress if you measure that in terms of a reduction of CO2 emissions annually. However in terms of the total amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere we (the UK) haven't made any progress at all - this year it'll be worse by whatever the amount is (I think 400 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent !!!). Meanwhile we're smashing through the 1.5 degrees temperature rise target and now looking at 2, 3, 4 degrees and triggering biological and geological tipping points, so that even if we're were at "net zero" climate change will still accelerate if these tipping points are reached.
The wind always blows. Onshore and offshore wind with the change in tide and we should also use tidal,power.
Yes, there are Just Stop Oil movements in other countries made up of people from those countries protesting in their own countries against their own governments’ energy policies.
Yeah, but even with that goal difference, as below, we’ve now qualified for a Europa League place………
The thing is though disrupting other people isn't illegal. With your government it is getting there but it looks like they will be voted out in favour of a government more supportive of the right to protest.
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