She went on to say: "The cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil prices."Fuel is unaffordable to millions of cold, hungry families. They can't even afford to heat a tin of soup."She started to add "meanwhile, crops are failing..." before a gallery security guard arrived and moved onlookers away and the clip comes to an end.....Ms Holland, from Newcastle, told a reporter: "UK families will be forced to choose between heating or eating this winter, as fossil fuel companies reap record profits. But the cost of oil and gas isn't limited to our bills."Somalia is now facing an apocalyptic famine, caused by drought and fuelled by the climate crisis."Millions are being forced to move and tens of thousands face starvation."This is the future we choose for ourselves if we push for new oil and gas."Ms Plummer, from London, said: "Is art worth more than life? More than food? More than justice?"The cost of living crisis is driven by fossil fuels-everyday life has become unaffordable for millions of cold hungry families-they can't even afford to heat a tin of soup.
While it is true that oil prices are part of the cost of living, the relationship is almost inverse from the one she imagines. If you want to help feed more people, or help poor people afford food, reducing the transport costs is one of the best ways you can do it. If you want crops not to fail, fertilizer is part of the answer -- and fertilizer needs to be transported too. On a small farm with a horse, you can do that with a shovel and a wheelbarrow, but there are limits to that production model.
Apparently destroying works of art is their new thing, though:
Cake has previously been smeared across the Mona Lisa in Paris while other activists have glued their hands to masterpieces by Botticelli and Boccioni.
While Two Extinction Rebellion protesters were arrested at the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia last weekend after gluing themselves to the 1951 Picasso painting Massacre in Korea.
Destroying these works of art makes sense for them. Their real target is civilization, after all.
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So far nobody has pressed the tactical advantage of having a self-immobilizing, highly-annoying disruption. I think it's only a matter of time now. If we are taking votes, I would suggest warm molasses and feathers, in copious amounts. And lots of ants.
One problem of compassionate civilization is that the inherent corrective factors of stupidity, AKA death, has been largely removed.
Paul Graham, a venture capitalist and an interesting thinker (and one of the very few VCs who has studied at an art school, had some interesting observations about the attack:
"This was funded by a group started by three rich Americans who became concerned about climate change after their houses in Malibu were threatened by wildfires in 2018. I'm not making this up."
and
"Two are heirs (a Getty and a Kennedy) and the third has made a career of advising celebrity philanthropists."
https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1580972088117952512
fertilizer is part of the answer
....and making fertilizer requires a lot of natural gas, a DANGER TO THE WORLD AND OUR DEMOCRACY!!!!!!
Sometimes, calling the police merely delays what should be done to these children. Required materials? One paddle, oaken, 1'x6", with handle. Apply with force to the gluteus maximus.
But it shows that they care more than you.
Don’t they just?
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