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Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Extinction Rebellion has promised to do all they can to disrupt the supply of gasoline to UK motorists, to create a “tipping point” in which people abandon fossil fuel.
END THE FOSSIL FUEL ECONOMY: Extinction Rebellion releases plan to block UK oil refineries in April
March 09, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion
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#ExtinctionRebellion #EndFossilFilth #RebelforLifeExtinction Rebellion launched plans this morning to block major UK oil refineries in April as part of their Rebellion, beginning on April 9th. Although the exact locations are yet to be made public, the group says it intends to ‘stop the harm at the source’ and create enough disruption to force the UK government to commit to Extinction Rebellion’s immediate demand: to stop the fossil fuel economy.
Laser focused action will target the fossil fuel industry to cause maximum nonviolent disruption and tell the story of the fossil fuelled corruption at the heart of our democracy, while standing in solidarity with all people around the world who are defending their lives, land, wildlife and cultures in the face of the crisis.
Extinction Rebellion will pull together with other movements for change to disrupt the fossil fuel industry enough to create a tipping point moment. The group Just Stop Oil will also be blocking refineries across the UK, with other groups to be confirmed. A spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion said, “We are calling on protest groups, NGOs and individuals to join us and take a stand to stop fossil fuels once and for all. Now is the time, this is the moment. Don’t sit this one out!”
The plans come amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and on the heels of last week’s dire IPCC report and , which acknowledges the ‘widespread’ damage that is already happening, and that the limits of adaptation are now being breached.
Tim Crosland of Plan B, said: “Our addiction to fossil fuels must end immediately if there’s to be any hope left of tackling the climate crisis. There can be no denying this anymore. Last week’s devastating IPCC report is just the latest in a series of increasingly desperate warnings from scientists. We know what is happening, we know what needs to be done and we know those in power are failing us.
“The Ukraine conflict and the climate crisis have the same underlying cause: the imperialist pursuit of land and resources for profit, concentrating power in the hands of toxic individuals and corporations. By decarbonising our economies we can take power back from war mongers and change course, averting climate breakdown and collapse. But it must happen now, before governments use the conflict as an excuse to get off Russian oil and gas, only to begin drilling closer to home.”
Clare Farrell, Extinction Rebellion co-founder said: “Oil refineries are symbolic of continued extraction and profit for a small group of very wealthy companies at the expense of everyone else. We burn them, pollute our cities, poison ourselves and our children whilst committing to climate breakdown. It’s no wonder the entire environmental movement is focussing on ending fossil fuels and the death they cause. The writing is on the wall, and we are out of time.
“We face an ongoing cost of living crisis with fossil fuel companies making record breakingly massive profits. We have failed to insulate homes or make progress on energy efficiency here in the UK and experts are expecting an especially difficult winter later this year unless bold effort is made in the name of protecting the vulnerable and the poor. The government’s net zero commitments are being called into question, with some politicians and think tanks calling for a referendum on net zero, claiming that British people “can’t afford” to address climate change. But the truth is the opposite, the UK can afford to change and we can’t afford not to.
“Boris Johnson arguing for a ‘climate change pass’ involving new fossil fuel development sidelines the decades of failure to prevent millions of deaths from pollution and climate breakdown by building in decades more failure and more millions of deaths. We need to decarbonise and to do so as fast as possible.”
This morning, Extinction Rebellion UK sent a letter to the UK Government to state the April plans. The letter says, “Every day the UK government fails to act makes our common future more bleak, our prospects more terrifying. And you know this. You have understood implicitly the path our planet is on since Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser presented the facts to you on 28 January 2020.”
It concludes: “So, either you do what the entire scientific community and the International Energy Agency is telling us we need to do to save ourselves and stop all fossil fuel investments immediately, or in April we are going to do what you refuse to do. We’re going to stop the UK oil flow and bring the country with us.”
Following the beginning of the refineries blockades, Extinction Rebellion will then ‘flood London’ with people from the 9th April. With a simple, agile, participation design, we plan to be easy to find, easy to join, disruptive and impossible to ignore. We will create the most roadblocks we ever have with a new and impactful action design.
On the heels of the Extinction Rebellion 2022 UK Strategy released in January, arguably XR UK’s most exciting plan of action yet, the Rebellion aims to reignite XR’s original Theory of Change, and mass mobilise towards 3.5% of the population. This will mean a move away from Rebellions involving multiple targeted direct actions, towards focused acts of mass participation to overwhelm the state.
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You might think Russia has already delivered enough fossil fuel disruption, but Extinction Rebellion seem keen to finish the job. Fossil fuel deliveries are not that difficult to disrupt, as Russia discovered in the Ukraine. Big tanks of flammable liquid want to burn – and Extinction Rebellion seem ready to supply the metaphorical match.
I think the nonviolent extinction rebellion is going to shortly face some violence.
I hope, a lot of it
There is no cure for stupid, but they could be locked up in padded cells for their own good.
My wife is a care worker. What happens when she and others doing the same job can’t get fuel and so can’t get to those in need? Is that justified? Don’t poor, ill people count for these lunatics? If people die as a result of their actions, will they be charged? They really are demonstrably insane and should be locked away permanently. They do not have the right to dictate how we live.
I agree with you, but XR doesn’t care. Look how they stopped ambulances last time.
That was actually Insulate Britain but no doubt there is considerable crossover in the membership of both groups.
A friend who grew up in Cuba told me that prisoners there had to do work to pay for their incarceration. If they did not compete their work in the given time their sentence would be lengthened. Might work in the UK?
Governments who created this climate scare, are, like the sorcerers apprentice, beginning to reap the whirlwind of the forces they have unintentionally unleashed.
I’m sure China will be taking notice of this and will no doubt get the message and cease all fossil fuel use immediately. After all, that’s surely the goal? I’m sure they meant to include Communist China in all this and it was just an oversight that they missed out how much more CO2 the Communists produce. I mean, they wouldn’t give Communism a free pass, right?
This is what is at the heart of many of these activist groups – anti-capitalism.
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You are of course absolutely right! These people don’t give a tinker’s cuss about the environment, well the useful idiots do, but they just want to seize every opportunity to bring down the system that provides wealth to the majority in the Western world, & of course, wealth is always relative. I have known of people on benefits who won’t skimp on their cigarettes & booze, or the latest super tv/mobile phone, etc., but claim poverty when it comes to buying a school uniform for their children, meaning someone else has to dip their hands into their pockets!!!
As humans, we all start life as deuterostomes. Continuing to be one into adult life is a matter of choice.
I expect Putin is backing these people too, as he has backed many anti fracking anti fossil fuel groups in the past. These people are traitors and should be treated the same way as any Putin crony!
Don’t forget China, Soros and other virtue signaling rich people.
Good old fashioned Socialist rhetoric never ever changes, same old revolutionary mantra, no real solutions to anything, just keeping up the desire for violent action, seen it all before, nullius novus sub-Solis, they simply ignore all the great things so called fossil-fuels have given modern day life. Interesting that they haven’t issued a public edict to their followers to NOT use any fossil-fuelled transportation to attend these rallies/protests, etc, how curious why they haven’t!!!
What they’ll get is the tipping point where people start beating the snot out of XR protestors and threatening the Police with the same if they try and intervene.
I can remember, a mere fifty years ago, that sabotage was considered a very serious crime with hefty penalties. Now if it is done “to prevent climate change” it is simply a legitimate protest with a slap on the wrist. It is high time to bring back strict penalties and hard labour.
BLM protests were known for their absence of violence, weren’t they ?
Rhethoric question…
utterly out of touch off the planet! hope theyve got good health care as i suspect many will get thumped hard
Offer to help them out. Appraise them of the oil based apparel they are wearing and offer to replace with wool and leather items only – looks too cold for cotton. Woolen blankets, leather for footware. Unfortunately, duct tape to hold it all together.would be a big no-no.
Extinction Rebellion has promised to do all they can to disrupt the supply of
gasolinepetrol to UK motorists, to create a “tipping point” in which people abandon fossil fuel.Fixed.
Greenie terrorists need to be stopped. Have water canons at the ready wherever these terrorists plan to be. Do not allow them to hide behind their so-called “nonviolent” description of what they are planning. In addition, they are traitors. Putin loves what they are planning to do.
This is in fact WWIII now. Just because nukes have not been used (yet) is immaterial. Their use has been implied by Russia, and is the only reason their criminal and murderous action against Ukraine hasn’t been stopped by the free world. Honestly, the line-drawing is a bit disgusting. Targeting the civilian population, including bombing a children’s hospital is bad, but still not “bad enough”. Now that they’ve gotten away with all of that, there is the very real possibility that they will use chemical weapons, and will try to blame them on “Ukrainian nazis”. And that is where the line is drawn, apparently. That is when NATO will step in. Maybe. Unless Putin agrees to “peace talks”. Because Putin is all about peace.
Has anyone in the UK attempted to trace where this group gets it’s funding?
Those in power don’t want to know.
The money comes from parasite billionaires.
The UK’s share of world CO² emissions is 1%.
I wonder what effect they think eliminating that 1% would be on the UK climate?
I could tell them if they asked nicely.
This now breaches the terrorism legislation of the U.K.
“focused acts of mass participation to overwhelm the state”
Those come in two kinds. General elections and revolutions.
I see no mention of my opportunity to vote so they must be planning the other one.
They will create a tipping point for sure. Stop the harm at the source. Will be done by citizens who have had enough by bringing their whips and pitchforks.
Do these f’n idiots realize the sign they are holding is made from petroleum products?
I’m sure they don’t care. They are the anointed, they don’t have to follow the rules they are setting up for the rest of us.
You gotta love the Extinction Rebellion movement:
There now is a significantly increased threat of biological or nuclear warfare that could easily escalate beyond Ukraine’s border and threaten WWIII; but the ER movement decides they must focus on “ending the fossil fuel economy”.
Geniuses all.
How much is Putin paying these idiots?
Hope they don’t drive there.
Unlike with the IB idiots, this time the gloves will be off. If they do this, they can expect to end up in hospital.