Here’s an eyewitness account of the march that walked backwards. From the Resident Judge of Port Phillip:
Yes, there we were on a day that seemed particularly un-globally warm, with our hands on the shoulders of the person in front of us, walking back wards along the length of the City Square.
Walk with the people, not the polluters! Climate action now! (Ouch, ouch!)
as the person in front of me (aka Mr Judge) stepped on my toes as we were were “moving backwards” for climate change, as distinct from “moving forward” as we all were at the start of this election campaign a very l-o-n-g five weeks ago.
(There’s Mr Judge looking all rugged up for global warming to the left of the woman holding the white banner). Back, back we shuffled, “walk with the people…” etc. until I could feel the crowd pressing behind me. Was there about to be a dreadful crush? “Tree, tree” hissed someone behind me, and sure enough I turned round to find myself pressed up against one of the few spotted gums that survive the blasted heath of our so-called City Square.
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Inconveniently, a few climate sceptics showed up to spoil the cold and backwards event . Hmmm, seems “OK” when these guys and this guy does it.
Image from: climatesceptics.com.au
From 7News Australia:
Police were called in to break up a scuffle between protesters at the Walk Against Warming in Adelaide.
About half a dozen police arrived in Victoria Square just after the start of the rally, aimed at raising awareness on climate change and the environment.
John Rice, organiser with the Climate Emergency Action Network, said climate change sceptics had arrived unexpectedly to disrupt the rally.
One had pushed his megaphone into his face, prompting him to call police.
The sceptics, who numbered fewer than half a dozen, wore T-shirts bearing the words CRAP (Carbon Really Ain’t Pollution). One of them led what appeared to be a Rottweiler cross.
A police spokesman later said the sceptics had “crashed” the event, causing a disturbance, but no one was charged with an offence.
The rally, which attracted several hundred people, was one of a series of Walk Against Warming events happening nationally.
Full story here
h/t to WUWT reader John Howard
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Compare (thanks to Tom Nelson):
Last year’s event attracted 10,000 participants, double the size of the 2008 event.
Walk Against Warming Brisbane 2010 attracts 3000 supporters
Actor Jack Thompson, who demanded action on climate change for the sake of future generations, estimated that 3000 people took part in today’s event, but organisers said the figure was more like 8000.
Catchcries included “What do we want, renewable energy; when do we want it, now,’’ and the strongly worded ‘‘No coal, no oil, we don’t want our world to boil“.
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Walking that way, I guess they wont be able to outrun: The Walking Monster of Climate Change kills 300,000 each year.
But freezing your butts off walking backwards protesting against energy- no irony there.
Coal-fired power plants possibly going ahead in Britain for the first time in 30 years;
In New Zealand “The country’s state-owned weather and atmospheric research body is being taken to court in a challenge over the accuracy of its data used to calculate global warming.”
Time for the Australians going to give us something to look at. Come on now, no small ball! 🙂
To paraphrase our Dear Leader, Australians speak Australian. Who knows what was in their minds as they ambled backwards. Not knowing that this walk against warming increased their body temps, increased their respiration and raised CO2 levels and ambient temperatures that little bit (adjusted). I would think that being sedentary would be a better example of being as carbon neutral as possible, this side of not living that is…. I wonder if they bought carbon offsets for this march? lol
I suggest giving the Warmists a state such as California (sorry Anthony) to run exactly as they wish – WITH NO OUTSIDE HELP – Let them crash and burn just like the pilgrims did during their great idiotic experiment. The Great Thanksgiving Hoax of 1621. Seems hoaxes and rewriting history is typical of these people. I just do not want to be part of their next crash and burn.
let the iceage come we can all be happy in bed with a nice hot house and we don’t have to work we can just get obama money to pay the bill’s and eat our little heart out until our fat butts die.
I sent an email to Climate Sceptics and inquired about t-shirt purchases. Will let you know.
Hi Everyone – T shirts are $25 each (includes postage) – from http://www.climatesceptics.com.au or info@climatesceptics.com.au
The “Walk against warming” event in Adelaide had 200 people but different numbers in other cities. – That photo wasn`t Adelaide – The Adelaide crowd was much smaller
We had a banner- “you have been conned” which the greens screwed up so no photos were taken of it when we were in the crowd.
We had graphs on posters they went hysterical about having displayed .
We had 10 of us – one member with his pet labrador dog in the mob of 200 for about 15 minutes before the police came to chat to us.
My 25 year old son Nathan was wrestled and sat on by three guys.
We used no force or violence. They were pannicked about us being there.
A bit of Fun and publicity for my senate candidacy
cheers
Leon Ashby
Not those T-shirts, but click on my handle and you’ll see some pretty cool ones at the Climate Realist store on Zazzle.
/Mr Lynn
Oh the irony. The science behind (pun) CAGW is a$$ backwards.