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As @eejit says, the point of the protest was not about sustainable transport or air pollution.
The point of XR is that we have spent the last 30 years signing petitions, writing to MPs and changing our personal lifestyles. Planetary destruction is still accelerating. Politicians are saying, 'we know theres a problem but what you are doing isn't the way to tackle it'. The science is undisputed, so we are on the streets to demand action because not enough is being taken on a high level.
So the point of this protest is about creating chaos and disruption until the government acts. It isn't about affirming personal green transport options, as great as they are, its about forcing change on a higher level because theres no other options
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That's what every single roadblock has done. So im assuming that you fundamentally disagree with the way XR protests in its entirety then? Because blocking a few busses is kinda the whole point.
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Why would it be an own goal?
The point of the protest is to cause disruption by direct action and bring attention to the issues that XR want to highlight. Outside the bank of England is a pretty good place to do that.
Disruption to the day to day is the goal because XR is trying to highlight that normal service can't be resumed. So if some public transport gets diverted and causes a traffic jam, bringing attention to the issues to many people and the authorities, that's not an own goal, that's the whole point of it.
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If anyone has a cargo bike or trailer, they would be very very welcome at all sites. There is alot of fetching and carrying needed. PM me to get in the rebel riders thread or just show up and pitch in!
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happy to if someone buys the rest of it
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Dropped to £725
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Huh, well ive used a Kryptonite Evo mini for 15/20 years as a primary lock with noone cutting it but fair enough.
Will move the 'hiplock' question to the other thread
The thing is that maybe the demands are 'unrealistic' but it's not something that XR have made up.
The demands are from the indisputable scientific evidence saying that we have about 12 years to make widespread systemic change.
If you have better ideas of how to get power to react to this Crisis then let us know. We just cannot carry on like we are currently