Or... use a large pole or tazer gun to knock them off, then call some specialist paramedics
Extinction Rebellion: Jury acquits protesters despite judge's direction
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Or... use a large pole or tazer gun to knock them off, then call some specialist paramedics
What annoys me is the sheer hypocrisy of your average XR demonstrator. They're happy to partake in society as it stands and all the luxuries it affords,
- smartphones to organise their disruption, the biggest irony of them all, it's well documented the amount of rare metals and elements that go into manufacturing these devices which no doubt ravage the planet through mining and contribute to pollution.
- infrastructure of roads and public transport so they can get around, and high rise buildings for somewhere to live in London. All of this takes a toll on the planet, in the materials and construction methods used, but they benefit from it all the same.
- the convenience of stopping at a shop like 'Pret A Manger' for a bite to eat where hordes of them were pictured queuing up. Do XR protestors think that the food sold in these places just magically appears, rather go through a complex chain of distribution involving many vehicles all contributing to pollution.
To me they just want to be seen as supporting a self-righteous crusade which makes them morally superior to the rest of us, without actually having any of the gumption to back it up other than dressing like hippies and spouting a load of rhetoric.
- smartphones to organise their disruption, the biggest irony of them all, it's well documented the amount of rare metals and elements that go into manufacturing these devices which no doubt ravage the planet through mining and contribute to pollution.
- infrastructure of roads and public transport so they can get around, and high rise buildings for somewhere to live in London. All of this takes a toll on the planet, in the materials and construction methods used, but they benefit from it all the same.
- the convenience of stopping at a shop like 'Pret A Manger' for a bite to eat where hordes of them were pictured queuing up. Do XR protestors think that the food sold in these places just magically appears, rather go through a complex chain of distribution involving many vehicles all contributing to pollution.
To me they just want to be seen as supporting a self-righteous crusade which makes them morally superior to the rest of us, without actually having any of the gumption to back it up other than dressing like hippies and spouting a load of rhetoric.
Not really hypocritical, they aren't asking for people to become cavemen
They're asking that money be spent on better technologies and alternatives to what we use now
Instead of coal solar, instead of petrol or desil electricity, carbon capture and offsetting etc
Just imagine how much of a better world we'd have if instead of trillions on a war with tribals in the desert we'd have put that money into energy tech?
Case in point being HS2, the same money would have paid for five nuclear power stations the size of Hinkley point C providing enough electricity to completely replace fossil fuel consumption.
We need parralel lines though at this point.
The costs are nearly all down to land valuations so it's an awkward one. Some debate has been over the land valuation being originally based on no hs2 vs a later valuation of what it would be worth after hs2.
A cost increase based on the added value of the project that can't exist without the land purchase
And what's fair value for forced purchases
First demonstration fusion plant is starting construction in the uk this year iirx
It took forever to get the go ahead for Hinkley Point let alone 5. You would get the same people campaigning against that as well
Actually they are for nuclear power, their leader came out in support of it!
Stark contrast to the Green Party ideologues, or the Lib Dems who think there's not an "economic case" for saving the planet.
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No, XR do not take formal positions on solutions.
Their former spokesperson came out in support of nuclear, but they are no longer part of XR.
Does with this one.
It's molten salt/metal using percussive force for the fusion pressure.
https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fusion-demonstration-plant-to-be-built-in-UK
Good ol' boiling water and turbines not a problem.
None of that magnetic field or vacum chambet nonsense just nice thermal heating of a liquid coolant/medium
Too small to yield power but an excellent demo for a simple approach to get funding for scaling up
I'd hope some of these firms take the time to sue them individually, including costs of the use of in-house lawyers, cost of windows + contractor fees etc.. could well run into thousands and these individuals are seemingly middle class/likely have the assets/savings to actually target for this.
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There are few things more pathetic to watch than some middle class people utterly failing to break some glass using a hammer & chisel!
Trying to break reinforced glass with what looks like plastic chisels lol
We aren't dealing with geniuses here. They have also probably never used tools before. At least they put safety goggles on for when the tools shatter...
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No one ever managed to get more energy out of a fusion reaction than they put in yet?
Did the AI designed one ever get built?
It ran a few people over and then crashed in to a wall on the way there.
Didn’t say this, you are again making things black and white when they are more complex than that.
And yet oddly here, when presented to a jury of the public, the jury disobeyed the judge and let them free. Hmmmm.
Always entertaining seeing people lambast causes, I often think back to MLK and how he was so hated at the time, with people saying he was stupid and that his actions weren’t ever going to work. History repeats itself.
One thing I'll say, my kids and their friends really aren't on board with 'Stinky rebellion' as they are known at their school. I guess with most of XR being a load of middle aged and middle class arts students or out of work human resources managers, that doesn't help, along with the usual suspects like Swampy who would protest the opening of a birthday card if it gave them publicity. We've seen them in London and Munich now, and kids find it laughable.
The sad thing is though, I don't want XR to make environmental issues a joke to the next generation - it's a serious topic, but these loons really turn people away from it.
The sad thing is though, I don't want XR to make environmental issues a joke to the next generation - it's a serious topic, but these loons really turn people away from it.
No idea I don't think theyhave the ai one is the stellerator in Germany
https://generalfusion.com/technology-magnetized-target-fusion/
This is the one they're wanting to build inthe uk.
Seems a bit more practical than the others tbh