you can't go around breaking the law to get your own way. There is a still and will be a long term demand for oil. There are still not good enough other source. So stop messing outside the law, as that makes green peace as bad as the oil companies.
Well, sure. Put up and shut up. That's a great way to lead your life.
Riots and organized protests are the only way to go when diplomacy fails. If history teaches us anything; riots and civil wars are sometimes needed for revolution or change.
Sitting on your arse is a great way to let it persist. Too many people get up on their high horse while they declare their lawfulness and let the more powerful take over.
You sir, you are the worse one between the two overall.
An interesting video, and while I have long advocated moving to alternate energy sources, it's not like BP are pumping up oil that nobody wants and forcing it on people. As a society we all have to share the blame for this. We all use the petrochemical resources and by-products. How many of us would do without out transport or our food being transported by road or air, or our plastics or our pharmaceuticals?
Is it my Imagination! or have these greasy greenpeace hippies all got multiple youtube ID's, where they keep coming on if diff ID's and patting themselves on the back to make them look popular with the public!! lol
another useless and fruitless effort...their argument is very unrealistic if one considers existing world energy data..want to stop oil...go after demand! Wanting to stop demand by stopping supply first is creating strife in society. Wanting to stop supply while alternatives aren't fully developed for comparable availability is just again creating strife in society.thats why it will just be another noise making..now i need to emphasize its simply my opinion.
@allwales Fossil fuels are old, expensive, dirty and running out. Renewables are clean, cheap and the sun and wind are not about to run out. Technology is in proven, in use now and makes financial sense. Greenpeace are encouraging individuals and businesses to think more about what pollution their fuels cause. It’s up to all of us in society to decide how much energy we need to use. Clean renewable technologies are being used more and more because of their cost and environmental benefits.
@Ladyfoghorn Humans are the cause of environmental degradation, when we humans do a good act for the environment (eg plant a tree) we help heal ourselves and the planet.
This is how much The Corporation holds us and all life on this planet in contempt! $60bn profit and they scrimped on spending 500k on an acoustic switch that would've prevented this so called "accident"
@GreenPeace UK, will you help the people who lost their jobs? I know you all are for the environment, and I thank you for that, but humans are a part of this world too. Will you help humans as well???
@rainerfilm Your right there! Sea Shepherd fights hard! One day soon we will all be a member of Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd or a similar group. Either that or we will have one destroyed planet.
@Silkie341 Who do you want to arrest the oil pushers BP who as a company are responsible for the deaths of many oil workers and others around the mining, refining and transportation operations? BP who have destroyed livelihoods and whole ecosystems, or the righteous Greenpeace protesters trying to wake up some people to the facts
It's up to The People to fix what's wrong because the politicians are not acting in our interest and are powerless to affect any real change. They work only for Big Business and Banks.
Has Greenpeace heard of the 'Exxon' Valdez oil spill, or the Ixtoc I Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP are not the first to ever have a disaster like this. Instead of Greenpeace and the US Government blaming BP they should look at the US demand for oil.
The USA make up about 4% of the world's population but use 25% of the world's energy.
Yup - pretty much pointless, and illegal. Not to say that what has happened in the gulf isn't tragic, it is, but it doesn't warrant illegal protests. We've moved a long way past "an eye for an eye" perhaps there is something more productive that Greenpeace could do than silly stunts like this?
If BP did step aside there would be others to take their place. This is naive grandstanding. Yes we need to see more support of alternative energy, but this kind of stunt isn't going to help. Either is bashing BP. Yes; they made a mistake and will pay for it, but it makes no sense to boycott or harass them.
@cheetah100 We have had Cameron begging Obama to go easy on BP as their shares nosedived. Matt Simmons & many other financial commentators suggest BP may not last. Fossil fuels are old hat, there are running out. It’s the energy companies that embrace the future that will succeed. Clean, sustainable, renewable sources of energy.
If a company causes damage similar to the scale of BP, boycotting their products is a sure way to get their attention and encourage change. They follow the money.
"WE WANT BP". BP isn't a public company you unemployed, uneducated prat! People who promote Greenpeace or who want to join are idiots! Go get a job, work for some money and stop moaning about the people who have money as what I see is, Greenpeace only ever moan at the rich! BP Rules; Rule BP, BP Rules The World! (p.s: no surrender)
@axmatt Greenpeace are cool. Anyone that’s cool supports Greenpeace. Music festivals, bands and millions of people all support Greenpeace and rightly so.
BP may well NOT be a public company in the near future if they don’t clean up their act.
I wonder what energy source they utilize for these music festivals, i'm sure it takes a decent amount of electricity to put on these concerts. Unless they are all done with 100 percent solar energy, it's hypocritical. The green movement are a bunch of rejects, they don't realize just how important crude oil is.
We demand all these creature comforts but rail against the natural substance that makes most of it possible.
Oil isn't something to fear or hate, just respected.
Keep up the super awesome work! Only constructive resistance will get the attention this deserves. We are in a world crisis that needs to be addressed, before, we suffer to the last drop.
@boycottsaudi one of Greenpeace's primary motivations is to "bear witness": that is, to record and recognise morally or environmentally corrupt events and practices and bring them to the attention of the public. That's what this protest did, and very well too.
I imagine they're planning to do *something* outside the BP offices. It's just that: they're doing that as *well* as this, not one or the other.
Well done, Greenpeace. Almost anyone driving regularly in central London is a loon anyway.
@boycottsaudi Actually they have - at least Greenpeace has had a presence outside BP's London HQ every week day for the past 6 weeks or so, urging them to start living up to their 'Beyond Petroleum' strapline. For years BP ads focused on their 'alternative' energy ideas to project an idea of moving to a clean, green energy future - while stepping up investments in tar sands and deep water drilling. The result - billions in cleanup costs and collapsed share prices - hardly good for business!
@2222554 That’s fair enough if you want to believe in the theory that oil is made by chemical reactions (abiogenic oil theory) under pressure in ‘an instant’ and the leaking BP oil well is going to blow up and cause an Armageddon type tidal wave.
Personally I believe oil is a naturally occurring substance that is finite and because we are burning it so rapidly it is running out. So we all need to use clean alternatives to dirty fossil fuels.
Greenpeace, you are the best! What a wonderful action! We need more people like you in the world. THANKS FOR TAKING PERSONAL RISK FOR OUR FUTURE! You are my heros!
@2222554 Burning fossil fuels causes pollution, car manufactures as well as fuel suppliers have a responsibility to deal with this problem, clean fuels and clean transport is a solution. E.g. Clean electricity production rather than burning old dirty fuels that mess the planet up. In the case of BP it is in the Gulf of Mexico, the Arctic and the Canadian Alberta tar sands.
It is all our responsibility to protect our ecosystems for future generations, not just Greenpeace.
@2222554 Taxpayers subsidise the world’s energy production. As taxpayers we can encourage governments and businesses to subsidise clean renewable technologies which do not cause anywhere near the environmental pollution that old fossil fuels are currently inflicting on our planet. Fossil fuels are dirty and they are running out.
@2222554 It’s not so much the model of Capitalism, Socialism or any other ism that is a problem, it’s the abhorrent human nature of greed that causes most of the world’s ills.
Nothing wrong with me selling you a bag of food that I’ve grown for a fair price, but if I destroy all your crops then put my price of food up, that’s greed.
@2222554 Greenpeace stand for the protection of the world’s environment for now & most importantly for future generations. That’s good morels to live by, regardless of religion, creed or national flag you fly.
This is quite pathetic, and i question where your real interests lie? you cant just go around shutting BP stations across London to promote your views & organisation on You tube, why didnt you shut down TEXACO too? why dont you go to the chinese embassy and protest? as they are the worlds biggest polluter, major pollution is just a fact of life these days, and it will never stop untill something dramatic happens to the world. If u really wanna help, then help the poor or disadvantaged people!
@dontwatchdat7 Greenpeace did a good job highlighting the devastation that is being caused by BP in the Gulf of Mexico, Canadian Alberta oil sands and Alaska. Many people have lost their lives, lost their livelihoods and lost whole ecosystems to pollution. It’s a shame that some of us only care what happens if it happens on our back door. Pollution is not to be accepted or we will have no planet left to pollute and most of the species on the planet will be gone.
I went to my small local BP filling station this morning at 3:30 AM and the fuckers were shut , and so was the paper shop ! I had to wait 2 and a half hours to get ciggerettes ! GREEN PEACE ARE A BUNCH OF CUNTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@kiutukri Good point. If me or you had an ‘accident’ and spilt tons of oil in the sea, we’d be locked up quicker than oil erupting from a BP well. Ecocide is one crime companies like this should be tried for in these circumstances. Companies should be held responsible for their actions and accidents.
Seems quite futile and childish. I can't believe these people are naive enough to think that those in management at BP will actually give a damn about this action. Apart from the Greenpeace activists, I think the only ones who were pleased to see this were the staff at the petrol stations, who probably got some unexpected time off.
@JunkieJay3000 It really should be the job of the shareholders to put pressure on BP to change there ethics of profits at all cost, regardless of lives, livelihoods or ecosystems, not Greenpeace. But as you can see from the many comments below there is huge support for their actions. I am sure if you asked anyone around the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Alberta tar sands, they would also be supportive of Greenpeace.
@kaieteurdevon The main concern for shareholders is profit margins - it's the nature of their business. There are also plenty of comments from those who disagree with this action too, if you care to read them. I'm not questioning the support or motives of Greenpeace in any way, just the means by which they've gone about making their point.
@JunkieJay3000 Your right shareholders demand profits & many don’t care how those profits are created. It’s the nature of the beast.
I am interested in all comments, especially the minority that feel Greenpeace’s protest was in someway morally wrong & defend the right of BP to kill people, destroy livelihoods and ecosystems, all be it by ‘accident’ or incompetence.
I am sure many of us could suggest an alternative action for Greenpeace, last time I heard they are always looking for volunteers..
Fantastic..! It sends a message that cant be ignored! So nice to see some people with the courage to be proactive. Passive Americans could learn something from this for sure! Good on you!
So am I missing something or did Greenpeace just go around to BP stations and vandalize by making it look official or were they just involved in trying to make BP look like they're trying to make a change? From what I can see, all this is doing is making it hard for people to get gas.
@kaieteurdevon How could I miss that? But two wrongs don't make a right. Just because BP is an irresponsible, greedy company doesn't give you the right to vandalize and destroy property. For one, people rely on that gas station. I'm talking about people that worked there as a part time job and have 0% to do with of the gulf oil disaster. Regular people working and just trying to pay a bill. They just sell gas. They're not real reps of the BP corp, just a cashier. It only hurts them, not BP.
@daemonkrog Your right BP is an irresponsible, greedy company. We all have a choice who we work for, BP volunteers could go and kill people for a living if they chose or do the righteous things they do.
The real ‘vandalism’ is to people around the world who have had their lives taken away, livelihoods destroyed and whole ecosystems obliterated.
As @maxx1000 said in an earlier post “You lay with dogs, you get flees”
@daemonkrog Two wrongs don’t make a right, I agree with you. BP are doing hundreds of wrongs due to their pressure of making more profits from such old, dirty, polluting fossil fuels. Greenpeace are doing a massive service to the worlds communities and the businesses by highlighting these wrong doings and encouraging change. Closing fuel stations for a few hours to achieve that is not ‘a wrong’
If greenpeace didn't get permission from the gas stations then it's considered vandalism. So yes it would be a 'wrong'. If they got permission then that's fine. The gas at a BP station has already been bought and paid for so it did nothing to hurt the image of BP or their wallets, just inconvenienced some people.
@daemonkrog Some people aren’t aware of the huge problems caused by BP’s strive for more profits from gas and oil exploration, refinement and distribution. Some people need a protest like this before they even look into the facts.
Greenpeace did nothing wrong in this cool action. If you feel these actions are wrong, I presume you feel that BP being responsible for deaths, loss of livelihoods and destruction of ecosystems, through negligence or accident are in for some serious retribution!
Precisely, BP needs to freaking own up. Honestly I don't know anyone here that hasn't heard of this horrible BP is.
But this just looks like vandalism to me (which is just what BP is doing to earth). If Greenpeace wants to do something, find a way to hold BP responsible by making executives clean up 10hrs a day until it's done. Fund fish farms to help restock the gulf when it's clean. etc..
We have the same goals. The way GP does things seems counter-productive to it's cause.
@daemonkrog It’s a good point to hold BP responsible; unfortunately we haven’t set up our laws to hold companies responsible for their actions. Maybe we can change that. I think Greenpeace are doing a sterling job, but they, like any of us are not perfect, I am sure with your good morels and ideas you’d make a good Greenpeace volunteer.. They are always looking.
It's less about the laws and more about corrupt politicians that will take a bribe or two to keep hush about something. I would love to see an organization change that.. but on it's current path Greenpeace seems set to make enemies. I wouldn't join Greenpeace mostly for the fact that I don't agree with it's methods and it's views. I am for making the world a less polluted place, holding corps/govt/individuals accountable by any means other than money, all within reasonable limits.
@daemonkrog Good luck on your mission to hold companies like BP responsible for their actions, or inactions. Large companies need to be kept in check and I agree they shouldn’t be so embedded into politics or governance of a country. That offers the impression that laws and politicians can be bought.
@daemonkrog We as a society need to give big business laws / rules, that they cant step beyond. They are like out of control children who push the boundaries to see what they can get away with, find nobody is there to put them in check, so they can do what they like to people and our environment for profit. They are spurred on by rapid share holders demanding more profits.
Some politician with no moral standing other than to line their own pockets also need to be kept in check.
@daemonkrog Cheers. I meant to say 'rabid' shareholders are driving companies like BP. But bottom line is human greed driving destruction. Good luck with your ideas.
@daemonkrog I totally agree who do these people think they are? If everybody decided to flout the law in this way, then the whole country would be in anarchy. Do people not understand that the reason Greenpeace can exist is that we live in a democratic country where people have freedom of speech. Try pulling this kind of stunt in other less tolerant countries and you'd have a bullet in your head. I agree all they are doing is inconveniencing the public. What an idealistic load of crap.
@lec5bjr Not everyone sits on their asses crying and whining like a bitch for changes to be made all the while doing absolutely nothing to make those changes. Good for Greenpeace, its because of people like that changes are made. You can go back to crying on your youtube videos now....
@localdog Well thanks for that well balanced and educated response...as you can see from the time taken to respond, I spend all day crying on my youtube videos, in fact I'm struggling to write this now through all the tears. Let me guess, you're some two-bit hick of a yank who knows fuck all about anything, in fact if you were a true environmentalist, you wouldn't be posting such utter shite on this thread, what a waste of electricity...think of the polar bears you inconsiderate fuck!
@localdog and also before you get confused...that was sarcasm, I couldn't give a flying fuck about the polar bears or bp's impact on the environment, I'm just here to amuse myself by poking fun at you...
@jvforever72 Your right where electricity should come from clean sources like solar, wind and tidal. As the music festivals that currently do this show.
Most people (especially those interested in our environment) know how everyone’s life is affected by the burning of fossil fuels, EG food & clothes production and transportation. Most of us realise fossil fuels are old hat, running out and causing huge environmental disasters. Oil is a fuel of the past. Cleaner renewable fuels are the future.
love it!! Thank goodness theres someone in the world who will do something concrete as a message. We did a hilarious music video but that did keep anyone from closing an eye to the horrors of fuel dependency. You guys on the other hand show the activist that you can simply turn off a pump and voila! Hope this becomes a trend. Many of us have to endure the carbons from everyones car so why cant everyones car endure a little fueling iincovienence
If BP had listened to the warning's in the first place none of this Gulf of Mexico stuff would have happened, also maybe if they had tried harder to sort out the ruptured well then the leak could have been fixed within days, well now they have Greenpeace to deal with and doesn't look like they can deal with them properly either as they allowed them to do all this, oh dear, oh dear! Who's running BP eh? Monkey's or a group of top executives?......oh wait maybe the monkey's could do a better job?
@frostek What does the state Tesla died in have to do with free energy. Nothing. "You're familiar with how it produces more energy than is put into it, are you?" yes, research STANLEY MEYER's water car exstensively at any point of time. But you're so stupid you'd rather argue with me than learn a thing or two. John Kansas has shown us how to turn salt water into fuel. There's no lack of that. Of course there's "no point in discussing" how the water car has been proven unless you're an idiot
@coldos Try telling that to everyone in the Gulf of Mexico, or Canada Alberta oil sands, you would most probably be lynched. Greenpeace have done a good thing highlighting the environmental consequences to having petrol and diesel on tap at the forecourts. That has hidden environmental costs. Well in BPs case they aren’t very well hidden just some people cant put 2 and 2 together. Oilspill in gulf --- driving my car.
@kaieteurdevon Really?! never of guessed... tax payers had to pay for the police to turn up didn't they? and hows this important work? Closing down 50 petrol stations in London isn't going to stop people using them is it?
@erjones You are correct I saw a few police turn up to help ‘keep the peace’ I wouldn’t call that a drain on resources. If the work of Greenpeace made a few people put two and two together and realise petrol on the forecourts leads to disasters like the Gulf of Mexico and Canada Alberta oil sands. That’s a good thing. BP is a huge company which needs to embrace cleaner, renewables fuels for us all to guzzle up. Oil is old, dirty and running out.
@kaieteurdevon Fair enough but what about Shell? Is Greenpeace planning to do the same to London's Shell Stations? Plus its running out yes but i do wonder how these protester got to the stations and about many items they use daily are made from oil or use oil to work? Just seems silly they are happy to protest but forget what they use around them
@erjones Oil is getting more difficult to mine and the pressure for profits encourage shortcuts, BP shell Exxon and many other companies have all had environmental disasters.
The protesters have explained how they travelled in a hybrid Toyota Prius.
You are right we all depend on oil; we are addicted to it, even when it causes devastation like that in the Gulf of Mexico and Canada Alberta oil sands.
BP can head towards cleaner fuels, they have the capabilities.We can buy and demand cleaner fuel
It reminds me of when i was at school, when you didnt like another kid you let their bike tryes down,that was at 10 years old,,,,,,,,, but then i grew out of being an immature twat, so what left you lot behind the rest of the human race?
@no1froggy Your missing the point BP has destroyed lives and whole ecosystems to bring us petrol and diesel on the forecourts all in the name of profit.
It is a morally good thing what Greenpeace have done. I am sure you wouldn’t say it’s a morally good thing what BP have done in Gulf of Mexico, or Canada Alberta oil sands?
@kaieteurdevon can i suggest you look into who is responsible for this, firstly the rig was managed by BP AMERICA, secondly it was manned by an AMERICAN workforce, thirdly it was an ACCIDENT & not a deliberate attempt to destroy lives & eco systems,& finally these honest working people you lot have targeted were no more responsible than you are, accidents are a fact of life so just leave it at that & let them worry about the cleanup as i dont see greenpeace members helping with buckets & spades.
@no1froggy re: "the rig was managed by BP AMERICA"
You seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that BP is a British company. It isn't. A quick check on their own site will show you that it is 61% foreign owned, and it changed its name from British Petroleum to simply BP in 2001 to reflect that.
So no need to get all nationalistic in its defence, ok?
@no1froggy Yep I have looked into Gulf of Mexico and in Canada Alberta oil sands, and BP ARE responsible, even they admit this. It would be a bad workman that blamed his tools. Yes I have seen Greenpeace trying to help clean up after this latest Oil disaster. Have you offered them any help?
@LoreneFaith im not the one going around vandalising private property of people who were NOT directly responsible, its called thinking before doing, unfortunately its jerks that dont.
@no1froggy If you call stoping a few petrol stations for a few hours vandalism, how would you describe the disasters BP are responsible for in Gulf of Mexico and in Canada Alberta oil sands? @LoreneFaith
@kaieteurdevon i call damaging other peoples property vandalism which it is, if i went to the local town hall breaking things because i didnt like the way they done things i would be locked up & rightly so, but then there is no reasoning with fanaticals with their "always right" attitude.
@no1froggy I agree, if you mindlessly vandalised your town hall you should be dealt some retribution. But if you were protesting against the town hall & you turned off the electricity & put up a barricade for a few hours so it couldn’t be used. Say as an example you were protesting that the local town hall administration had just killed your friends, polluted your family farm land… by accident. This sort of protest would seem very dignified and polite. Same with this Greenpeace protest.
@truefictions yes! an act where not a single living thing was injured is war. What then, would you call it when millions of living things, plus a handful of humans, are killed? Or die slowly from oil toxicity
@truefictions If shutting down a few petrol stations for a couple of hours is criminal in your eyes, what would you call the actions of BP in Gulf of Mexico, or Canada Alberta oil sands?
@no1froggy Your right it was most probably an accident, doesn’t make it right, if you or I killed people destroyed peoples livelihoods, demolished whole ecosystems …. by accident, we should rightly be hung drawn and quartered.
Greenpeace supporters are stating the obvious to some people that cant understand what BP are doing is wrong. That doesn’t make anyone fanatical.
@no1froggy Its good to see the truth through committed individuals, rather than wishy-washy green-washing from oil companies or governments scared of loosing out on share price falls & tax revenues. Both would gain much more by harnessing clean, renewable sources of energy.
The exploration and mining of oil costs many human lives and destruction of ecosystems. Its good that we all realise this, rather than blindly buying fuel at the forecourts with no understanding of consequences.
Civil disobedience requires a certain level of courage and calm, especially when you're doing an arrestable action. Much love to these brave activists!
I love how everyone are blaming British Petroleum for the Oil Spill even though it was an American component that failed which caused the whole thing.
In keeping with the theory, I blame American airlines for 9/11.
@Jurgen133 everybody blames bp because they are the ones who cut corners to make an extra buck. they made the decisions leading up to, and causing the disaster. if they would have followed proper procedure then this would have never happened... do your research... as for the rest of your comment you are just talking out of your @ss...
If that had been at my garage, I would have called the police on you idiots.
DLongmuir16 6 days ago
"raising awareness"
redlinedan 9 months ago
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Yeah like this made a real difference didn't it.
Wash your hair, and go get a proper job!
redlinedan 11 months ago
Yeah like this made a real difference didn't it.
Wash youtr hair, and go get a proper job!
redlinedan 11 months ago
as it GP...has had the power to shut these petrol stations....
curlyperm2 1 year ago
you can't go around breaking the law to get your own way. There is a still and will be a long term demand for oil. There are still not good enough other source. So stop messing outside the law, as that makes green peace as bad as the oil companies.
09081994rgf431 1 year ago
@09081994rgf431
Well, sure. Put up and shut up. That's a great way to lead your life.
Riots and organized protests are the only way to go when diplomacy fails. If history teaches us anything; riots and civil wars are sometimes needed for revolution or change.
Sitting on your arse is a great way to let it persist. Too many people get up on their high horse while they declare their lawfulness and let the more powerful take over.
You sir, you are the worse one between the two overall.
AntiStupidity 1 year ago
Booo, BP!
GO ESSO!!!!!!!!!!!!
KevinJBeMine 1 year ago
Good job! shut them all! Shell next!
pegasus0 1 year ago
umm bad asses?
winmuch 1 year ago
@GreenpeaceUK jeez i thought you were all about freedom of speech, oh yeah you just don't like people pointing out the truth
charlienethercoat094 1 year ago
never happen too greedy london town
bobodd5 1 year ago
An interesting video, and while I have long advocated moving to alternate energy sources, it's not like BP are pumping up oil that nobody wants and forcing it on people. As a society we all have to share the blame for this. We all use the petrochemical resources and by-products. How many of us would do without out transport or our food being transported by road or air, or our plastics or our pharmaceuticals?
desembrey 1 year ago
This gives me a scared feeling inside. Partly because I know that bp are...well...scary.
But also because I just signed up at the Greenpeace website. Yikes.
KevinJBeMine 1 year ago
I presume Shell is paying for this LOL
pinochet222 1 year ago
Is it my Imagination! or have these greasy greenpeace hippies all got multiple youtube ID's, where they keep coming on if diff ID's and patting themselves on the back to make them look popular with the public!! lol
TheTubestud 1 year ago
@TheTubestud Yes it probably is your imagination , thats what happens when you spend too much time watching internet porn and being a troll.
MrMorgansgoat 1 year ago
while technically this doesn't hurt BP at all, it's still good to see the ecosabatoge spirit!
tristan2440 1 year ago
you may hurting small businesses when you "close" BP stations
WOLFNBEAST 1 year ago
@WOLFNBEAST Explain your logic behind that statement , BP is in no way a small company.
MrMorgansgoat 1 year ago
I wanna buy a T-Shirt with that BP oil spill on it....
AmericanWarHero 1 year ago
another useless and fruitless effort...their argument is very unrealistic if one considers existing world energy data..want to stop oil...go after demand! Wanting to stop demand by stopping supply first is creating strife in society. Wanting to stop supply while alternatives aren't fully developed for comparable availability is just again creating strife in society.thats why it will just be another noise making..now i need to emphasize its simply my opinion.
allwales 1 year ago
@allwales Fossil fuels are old, expensive, dirty and running out. Renewables are clean, cheap and the sun and wind are not about to run out. Technology is in proven, in use now and makes financial sense. Greenpeace are encouraging individuals and businesses to think more about what pollution their fuels cause. It’s up to all of us in society to decide how much energy we need to use. Clean renewable technologies are being used more and more because of their cost and environmental benefits.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@GreenpeaceUK, can there be a way that you can adopt a way of also helping people as well as being the guardians of protecting the environment?
Ladyfoghorn 1 year ago
@Ladyfoghorn Humans are the cause of environmental degradation, when we humans do a good act for the environment (eg plant a tree) we help heal ourselves and the planet.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
This was done round my old area.. and I'm SOOOOOOO sad that I missed seeing them do it..
Bless them all
gizzysinem 1 year ago 3
This is how much The Corporation holds us and all life on this planet in contempt! $60bn profit and they scrimped on spending 500k on an acoustic switch that would've prevented this so called "accident"
SchlongerLonger 1 year ago
@GreenPeace UK, will you help the people who lost their jobs? I know you all are for the environment, and I thank you for that, but humans are a part of this world too. Will you help humans as well???
Ladyfoghorn 1 year ago
@Ladyfoghorn If humans are healed the planet will be healed.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
Everything that Greenpeace does is childish, but this I understand completely.
rainerfilm 1 year ago
@rainerfilm Greenpeace are great!
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon you should see "sea sheapard" they kick ass.
rainerfilm 1 year ago
@rainerfilm Your right there! Sea Shepherd fights hard! One day soon we will all be a member of Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd or a similar group. Either that or we will have one destroyed planet.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@2222554
i have to ask. are you insane?
sabelmouse 1 year ago
They should have been arrested for this. Criminal trespass and interfering with private property, Smelly bloody hippies.
Silkie341 1 year ago
@Silkie341 THat means you should be arrested. Stfu smelly bloody hippie.
Pingpong0101 1 year ago
@Silkie341 Who do you want to arrest the oil pushers BP who as a company are responsible for the deaths of many oil workers and others around the mining, refining and transportation operations? BP who have destroyed livelihoods and whole ecosystems, or the righteous Greenpeace protesters trying to wake up some people to the facts
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@Silkie341
so protewcting private property is more important than protecting the life od people, animals, ecosystem or even the whole planet?
as for smelly. i bet they were smelly after this because oil stinks.
sabelmouse 1 year ago
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@GreenpeaceUK and john sauven. You are also welcome to have your say on this site, but not to spam it with long meandering comments.
jonround 1 year ago
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jonround 1 year ago
i bet they were funded by usa do to do this
bigjonnyjon 1 year ago
i'll miss those sandwhiches
deardeidrebarlow 1 year ago
Is this legal?
bcmasta1returns 1 year ago
@bcmasta1returns no and they just video taped themselves doing it LOL.
Goolz 1 year ago
A few useful phrases to look up.
With lawful excuse. Lawful rebellion.
It's up to The People to fix what's wrong because the politicians are not acting in our interest and are powerless to affect any real change. They work only for Big Business and Banks.
TheHolySpirit 1 year ago 14
i say fuck the politicians and banks the only non corrupt ones left are the people
charlienethercoat094 1 year ago
Excellent stuff! Good work, more of this please!!
endthedeathpenalty 1 year ago
Has Greenpeace heard of the 'Exxon' Valdez oil spill, or the Ixtoc I Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP are not the first to ever have a disaster like this. Instead of Greenpeace and the US Government blaming BP they should look at the US demand for oil.
The USA make up about 4% of the world's population but use 25% of the world's energy.
We should look at the bigger picture which is;
1) How to tackle human greed
2) How to control population growth
dazzagazza6969 1 year ago
Yup - pretty much pointless, and illegal. Not to say that what has happened in the gulf isn't tragic, it is, but it doesn't warrant illegal protests. We've moved a long way past "an eye for an eye" perhaps there is something more productive that Greenpeace could do than silly stunts like this?
jbrough71 1 year ago
If BP did step aside there would be others to take their place. This is naive grandstanding. Yes we need to see more support of alternative energy, but this kind of stunt isn't going to help. Either is bashing BP. Yes; they made a mistake and will pay for it, but it makes no sense to boycott or harass them.
cheetah100 1 year ago
@cheetah100 We have had Cameron begging Obama to go easy on BP as their shares nosedived. Matt Simmons & many other financial commentators suggest BP may not last. Fossil fuels are old hat, there are running out. It’s the energy companies that embrace the future that will succeed. Clean, sustainable, renewable sources of energy.
If a company causes damage similar to the scale of BP, boycotting their products is a sure way to get their attention and encourage change. They follow the money.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
Greenpeace are fucking idiots! how is replacing BP with another oil giant going to help?
GuysSeriously 1 year ago
"WE WANT BP". BP isn't a public company you unemployed, uneducated prat! People who promote Greenpeace or who want to join are idiots! Go get a job, work for some money and stop moaning about the people who have money as what I see is, Greenpeace only ever moan at the rich! BP Rules; Rule BP, BP Rules The World! (p.s: no surrender)
axmatt 1 year ago
@axmatt so true ...
boycottsaudi 1 year ago
@axmatt Greenpeace are cool. Anyone that’s cool supports Greenpeace. Music festivals, bands and millions of people all support Greenpeace and rightly so.
BP may well NOT be a public company in the near future if they don’t clean up their act.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon
I wonder what energy source they utilize for these music festivals, i'm sure it takes a decent amount of electricity to put on these concerts. Unless they are all done with 100 percent solar energy, it's hypocritical. The green movement are a bunch of rejects, they don't realize just how important crude oil is.
We demand all these creature comforts but rail against the natural substance that makes most of it possible.
Oil isn't something to fear or hate, just respected.
jvforever72 1 year ago
who gives a fuck about the enviorment.
MrBawbawbawbawbaw 1 year ago
@MrBawbawbawbawbaw Majority of people care about the world they live in, and care that their children have a world to live in.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
Greenpeace - bunch of hippy fucking cunts, regular terrorists and a drain on society.
CUNTS!
qfina 1 year ago
type in pat robertson bp spill. He has a lot of good insight and it's not the usual the "devil did it " stuff give it a look !
Mrjayceedee 1 year ago
@Mrjayceedee Yep good vid watch?v=0KV6il3z_yc
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
Keep up the super awesome work! Only constructive resistance will get the attention this deserves. We are in a world crisis that needs to be addressed, before, we suffer to the last drop.
GreenGoodMaker 1 year ago
@slowdazzles "rightwingers" why didnt they complain outside the b.p offices or downing street or even the libyan embassy ..
boycottsaudi 1 year ago
@boycottsaudi one of Greenpeace's primary motivations is to "bear witness": that is, to record and recognise morally or environmentally corrupt events and practices and bring them to the attention of the public. That's what this protest did, and very well too.
I imagine they're planning to do *something* outside the BP offices. It's just that: they're doing that as *well* as this, not one or the other.
Well done, Greenpeace. Almost anyone driving regularly in central London is a loon anyway.
adecentusername 1 year ago
@boycottsaudi Actually they have - at least Greenpeace has had a presence outside BP's London HQ every week day for the past 6 weeks or so, urging them to start living up to their 'Beyond Petroleum' strapline. For years BP ads focused on their 'alternative' energy ideas to project an idea of moving to a clean, green energy future - while stepping up investments in tar sands and deep water drilling. The result - billions in cleanup costs and collapsed share prices - hardly good for business!
slowdazzles 1 year ago
@2222554 That’s fair enough if you want to believe in the theory that oil is made by chemical reactions (abiogenic oil theory) under pressure in ‘an instant’ and the leaking BP oil well is going to blow up and cause an Armageddon type tidal wave.
Personally I believe oil is a naturally occurring substance that is finite and because we are burning it so rapidly it is running out. So we all need to use clean alternatives to dirty fossil fuels.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago 3
Greenpeace, you are the best! What a wonderful action! We need more people like you in the world. THANKS FOR TAKING PERSONAL RISK FOR OUR FUTURE! You are my heros!
alexandraaubertin 1 year ago 24
@2222554 Burning fossil fuels causes pollution, car manufactures as well as fuel suppliers have a responsibility to deal with this problem, clean fuels and clean transport is a solution. E.g. Clean electricity production rather than burning old dirty fuels that mess the planet up. In the case of BP it is in the Gulf of Mexico, the Arctic and the Canadian Alberta tar sands.
It is all our responsibility to protect our ecosystems for future generations, not just Greenpeace.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@2222554 Taxpayers subsidise the world’s energy production. As taxpayers we can encourage governments and businesses to subsidise clean renewable technologies which do not cause anywhere near the environmental pollution that old fossil fuels are currently inflicting on our planet. Fossil fuels are dirty and they are running out.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@2222554 It’s not so much the model of Capitalism, Socialism or any other ism that is a problem, it’s the abhorrent human nature of greed that causes most of the world’s ills.
Nothing wrong with me selling you a bag of food that I’ve grown for a fair price, but if I destroy all your crops then put my price of food up, that’s greed.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@2222554 Greenpeace stand for the protection of the world’s environment for now & most importantly for future generations. That’s good morels to live by, regardless of religion, creed or national flag you fly.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
This is quite pathetic, and i question where your real interests lie? you cant just go around shutting BP stations across London to promote your views & organisation on You tube, why didnt you shut down TEXACO too? why dont you go to the chinese embassy and protest? as they are the worlds biggest polluter, major pollution is just a fact of life these days, and it will never stop untill something dramatic happens to the world. If u really wanna help, then help the poor or disadvantaged people!
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2222554 1 year ago
@dontwatchdat7 Greenpeace did a good job highlighting the devastation that is being caused by BP in the Gulf of Mexico, Canadian Alberta oil sands and Alaska. Many people have lost their lives, lost their livelihoods and lost whole ecosystems to pollution. It’s a shame that some of us only care what happens if it happens on our back door. Pollution is not to be accepted or we will have no planet left to pollute and most of the species on the planet will be gone.
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2222554 1 year ago
I went to my small local BP filling station this morning at 3:30 AM and the fuckers were shut , and so was the paper shop ! I had to wait 2 and a half hours to get ciggerettes ! GREEN PEACE ARE A BUNCH OF CUNTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MrNodzilla 1 year ago
@kiutukri do tell us what you suggest - we need people with constructive ideas to help improve the world
aerielbender 1 year ago
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@aerielbender Find the truth. Expose the real information. Take their asses and put them on the court. JAIL is something REAL.
kiutukri 1 year ago
@kiutukri What’s your idea? Whats something REAL in your eyes?
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon Find the truth. Expose the real information. Take their asses and put them on the court. JAIL is something REAL.
kiutukri 1 year ago 2
@kiutukri Good point. If me or you had an ‘accident’ and spilt tons of oil in the sea, we’d be locked up quicker than oil erupting from a BP well. Ecocide is one crime companies like this should be tried for in these circumstances. Companies should be held responsible for their actions and accidents.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
Seems quite futile and childish. I can't believe these people are naive enough to think that those in management at BP will actually give a damn about this action. Apart from the Greenpeace activists, I think the only ones who were pleased to see this were the staff at the petrol stations, who probably got some unexpected time off.
JunkieJay3000 1 year ago
@JunkieJay3000 It really should be the job of the shareholders to put pressure on BP to change there ethics of profits at all cost, regardless of lives, livelihoods or ecosystems, not Greenpeace. But as you can see from the many comments below there is huge support for their actions. I am sure if you asked anyone around the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Alberta tar sands, they would also be supportive of Greenpeace.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon The main concern for shareholders is profit margins - it's the nature of their business. There are also plenty of comments from those who disagree with this action too, if you care to read them. I'm not questioning the support or motives of Greenpeace in any way, just the means by which they've gone about making their point.
JunkieJay3000 1 year ago
@JunkieJay3000 Your right shareholders demand profits & many don’t care how those profits are created. It’s the nature of the beast.
I am interested in all comments, especially the minority that feel Greenpeace’s protest was in someway morally wrong & defend the right of BP to kill people, destroy livelihoods and ecosystems, all be it by ‘accident’ or incompetence.
I am sure many of us could suggest an alternative action for Greenpeace, last time I heard they are always looking for volunteers..
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago 2
dont really see the point of this ...
boycottsaudi 1 year ago
This is great!
dannydebonis 1 year ago
BP calls this action "childish and immature". Well, if destroying the planet is adult and mature, I'd rather be a child!
JugularBean 1 year ago 16
@JugularBean True
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
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@JugularBean type in pat robertson bp spill. He has a lot of good insight and it's not the usual the "devil did it " stuff give it a look !
Mrjayceedee 1 year ago
Fantastic..! It sends a message that cant be ignored! So nice to see some people with the courage to be proactive. Passive Americans could learn something from this for sure! Good on you!
oiledseabirds 1 year ago
Interestng move... but gas station owners, attendants, bobbies didn't do anything?
digenovafilm 1 year ago
@digenovafilm
You lay with dogs, you get flees.
maxx1000 1 year ago 2
So am I missing something or did Greenpeace just go around to BP stations and vandalize by making it look official or were they just involved in trying to make BP look like they're trying to make a change? From what I can see, all this is doing is making it hard for people to get gas.
daemonkrog 1 year ago
@daemonkrog You asked if you missed anything…. Maybe you missed what BP has been doing to the Gulf of Mexico and in the Canadian Alberta tar sands.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon How could I miss that? But two wrongs don't make a right. Just because BP is an irresponsible, greedy company doesn't give you the right to vandalize and destroy property. For one, people rely on that gas station. I'm talking about people that worked there as a part time job and have 0% to do with of the gulf oil disaster. Regular people working and just trying to pay a bill. They just sell gas. They're not real reps of the BP corp, just a cashier. It only hurts them, not BP.
daemonkrog 1 year ago
@daemonkrog Your right BP is an irresponsible, greedy company. We all have a choice who we work for, BP volunteers could go and kill people for a living if they chose or do the righteous things they do.
The real ‘vandalism’ is to people around the world who have had their lives taken away, livelihoods destroyed and whole ecosystems obliterated.
As @maxx1000 said in an earlier post “You lay with dogs, you get flees”
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon
... and yet two wrongs still don't make a right.
daemonkrog 1 year ago
@daemonkrog Two wrongs don’t make a right, I agree with you. BP are doing hundreds of wrongs due to their pressure of making more profits from such old, dirty, polluting fossil fuels. Greenpeace are doing a massive service to the worlds communities and the businesses by highlighting these wrong doings and encouraging change. Closing fuel stations for a few hours to achieve that is not ‘a wrong’
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon
If greenpeace didn't get permission from the gas stations then it's considered vandalism. So yes it would be a 'wrong'. If they got permission then that's fine. The gas at a BP station has already been bought and paid for so it did nothing to hurt the image of BP or their wallets, just inconvenienced some people.
daemonkrog 1 year ago
@daemonkrog Some people aren’t aware of the huge problems caused by BP’s strive for more profits from gas and oil exploration, refinement and distribution. Some people need a protest like this before they even look into the facts.
Greenpeace did nothing wrong in this cool action. If you feel these actions are wrong, I presume you feel that BP being responsible for deaths, loss of livelihoods and destruction of ecosystems, through negligence or accident are in for some serious retribution!
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon
Precisely, BP needs to freaking own up. Honestly I don't know anyone here that hasn't heard of this horrible BP is.
But this just looks like vandalism to me (which is just what BP is doing to earth). If Greenpeace wants to do something, find a way to hold BP responsible by making executives clean up 10hrs a day until it's done. Fund fish farms to help restock the gulf when it's clean. etc..
We have the same goals. The way GP does things seems counter-productive to it's cause.
daemonkrog 1 year ago
@daemonkrog It’s a good point to hold BP responsible; unfortunately we haven’t set up our laws to hold companies responsible for their actions. Maybe we can change that. I think Greenpeace are doing a sterling job, but they, like any of us are not perfect, I am sure with your good morels and ideas you’d make a good Greenpeace volunteer.. They are always looking.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon
It's less about the laws and more about corrupt politicians that will take a bribe or two to keep hush about something. I would love to see an organization change that.. but on it's current path Greenpeace seems set to make enemies. I wouldn't join Greenpeace mostly for the fact that I don't agree with it's methods and it's views. I am for making the world a less polluted place, holding corps/govt/individuals accountable by any means other than money, all within reasonable limits.
daemonkrog 1 year ago
@daemonkrog Good luck on your mission to hold companies like BP responsible for their actions, or inactions. Large companies need to be kept in check and I agree they shouldn’t be so embedded into politics or governance of a country. That offers the impression that laws and politicians can be bought.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@daemonkrog We as a society need to give big business laws / rules, that they cant step beyond. They are like out of control children who push the boundaries to see what they can get away with, find nobody is there to put them in check, so they can do what they like to people and our environment for profit. They are spurred on by rapid share holders demanding more profits.
Some politician with no moral standing other than to line their own pockets also need to be kept in check.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon
I agree with you so much on this. Awesome post.
daemonkrog 1 year ago
@daemonkrog Cheers. I meant to say 'rabid' shareholders are driving companies like BP. But bottom line is human greed driving destruction. Good luck with your ideas.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@daemonkrog I totally agree who do these people think they are? If everybody decided to flout the law in this way, then the whole country would be in anarchy. Do people not understand that the reason Greenpeace can exist is that we live in a democratic country where people have freedom of speech. Try pulling this kind of stunt in other less tolerant countries and you'd have a bullet in your head. I agree all they are doing is inconveniencing the public. What an idealistic load of crap.
lec5bjr 1 year ago
@lec5bjr Not everyone sits on their asses crying and whining like a bitch for changes to be made all the while doing absolutely nothing to make those changes. Good for Greenpeace, its because of people like that changes are made. You can go back to crying on your youtube videos now....
localdog 1 year ago
@localdog Well thanks for that well balanced and educated response...as you can see from the time taken to respond, I spend all day crying on my youtube videos, in fact I'm struggling to write this now through all the tears. Let me guess, you're some two-bit hick of a yank who knows fuck all about anything, in fact if you were a true environmentalist, you wouldn't be posting such utter shite on this thread, what a waste of electricity...think of the polar bears you inconsiderate fuck!
lec5bjr 1 year ago
@localdog and also before you get confused...that was sarcasm, I couldn't give a flying fuck about the polar bears or bp's impact on the environment, I'm just here to amuse myself by poking fun at you...
lec5bjr 1 year ago
@jvforever72 Your right where electricity should come from clean sources like solar, wind and tidal. As the music festivals that currently do this show.
Most people (especially those interested in our environment) know how everyone’s life is affected by the burning of fossil fuels, EG food & clothes production and transportation. Most of us realise fossil fuels are old hat, running out and causing huge environmental disasters. Oil is a fuel of the past. Cleaner renewable fuels are the future.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
AWESOME!!!
trentonmakestv 1 year ago
Wow you guys should be really proud. Well done from down under.
clairefirman 1 year ago
love it!! Thank goodness theres someone in the world who will do something concrete as a message. We did a hilarious music video but that did keep anyone from closing an eye to the horrors of fuel dependency. You guys on the other hand show the activist that you can simply turn off a pump and voila! Hope this becomes a trend. Many of us have to endure the carbons from everyones car so why cant everyones car endure a little fueling iincovienence
SunshineCoastVideos 1 year ago
GREAT JOB GREENPEACE UK
MeIsSully 1 year ago
If BP had listened to the warning's in the first place none of this Gulf of Mexico stuff would have happened, also maybe if they had tried harder to sort out the ruptured well then the leak could have been fixed within days, well now they have Greenpeace to deal with and doesn't look like they can deal with them properly either as they allowed them to do all this, oh dear, oh dear! Who's running BP eh? Monkey's or a group of top executives?......oh wait maybe the monkey's could do a better job?
DrFredrickBeeching 1 year ago 2
@frostek What does the state Tesla died in have to do with free energy. Nothing. "You're familiar with how it produces more energy than is put into it, are you?" yes, research STANLEY MEYER's water car exstensively at any point of time. But you're so stupid you'd rather argue with me than learn a thing or two. John Kansas has shown us how to turn salt water into fuel. There's no lack of that. Of course there's "no point in discussing" how the water car has been proven unless you're an idiot
MrAubery 1 year ago 2
Thanks Greenpeace! From Tampa, Florida.
stogie43 1 year ago 5
Wow what a cool action!!
happyeyes2009 1 year ago
Go and have a wash you scumbags. Let people live their own lives! Stop imposing your stupid minority views on the rest of us.
coldos 1 year ago
@coldos Try telling that to everyone in the Gulf of Mexico, or Canada Alberta oil sands, you would most probably be lynched. Greenpeace have done a good thing highlighting the environmental consequences to having petrol and diesel on tap at the forecourts. That has hidden environmental costs. Well in BPs case they aren’t very well hidden just some people cant put 2 and 2 together. Oilspill in gulf --- driving my car.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
Cheers for wasting the tax payers money Greenpeace!
erjones 1 year ago
@erjones Taxpayers unfortunately don’t pay for the important work by Greenpeace. It would be a better society if we did.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon Really?! never of guessed... tax payers had to pay for the police to turn up didn't they? and hows this important work? Closing down 50 petrol stations in London isn't going to stop people using them is it?
erjones 1 year ago
@erjones You are correct I saw a few police turn up to help ‘keep the peace’ I wouldn’t call that a drain on resources. If the work of Greenpeace made a few people put two and two together and realise petrol on the forecourts leads to disasters like the Gulf of Mexico and Canada Alberta oil sands. That’s a good thing. BP is a huge company which needs to embrace cleaner, renewables fuels for us all to guzzle up. Oil is old, dirty and running out.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon Fair enough but what about Shell? Is Greenpeace planning to do the same to London's Shell Stations? Plus its running out yes but i do wonder how these protester got to the stations and about many items they use daily are made from oil or use oil to work? Just seems silly they are happy to protest but forget what they use around them
erjones 1 year ago
@erjones Oil is getting more difficult to mine and the pressure for profits encourage shortcuts, BP shell Exxon and many other companies have all had environmental disasters.
The protesters have explained how they travelled in a hybrid Toyota Prius.
You are right we all depend on oil; we are addicted to it, even when it causes devastation like that in the Gulf of Mexico and Canada Alberta oil sands.
BP can head towards cleaner fuels, they have the capabilities.We can buy and demand cleaner fuel
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
It reminds me of when i was at school, when you didnt like another kid you let their bike tryes down,that was at 10 years old,,,,,,,,, but then i grew out of being an immature twat, so what left you lot behind the rest of the human race?
no1froggy 1 year ago 7
@no1froggy Your missing the point BP has destroyed lives and whole ecosystems to bring us petrol and diesel on the forecourts all in the name of profit.
It is a morally good thing what Greenpeace have done. I am sure you wouldn’t say it’s a morally good thing what BP have done in Gulf of Mexico, or Canada Alberta oil sands?
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon can i suggest you look into who is responsible for this, firstly the rig was managed by BP AMERICA, secondly it was manned by an AMERICAN workforce, thirdly it was an ACCIDENT & not a deliberate attempt to destroy lives & eco systems,& finally these honest working people you lot have targeted were no more responsible than you are, accidents are a fact of life so just leave it at that & let them worry about the cleanup as i dont see greenpeace members helping with buckets & spades.
no1froggy 1 year ago 5
@no1froggy re: "the rig was managed by BP AMERICA"
You seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that BP is a British company. It isn't. A quick check on their own site will show you that it is 61% foreign owned, and it changed its name from British Petroleum to simply BP in 2001 to reflect that.
So no need to get all nationalistic in its defence, ok?
slowdazzles 1 year ago
@no1froggy Yep I have looked into Gulf of Mexico and in Canada Alberta oil sands, and BP ARE responsible, even they admit this. It would be a bad workman that blamed his tools. Yes I have seen Greenpeace trying to help clean up after this latest Oil disaster. Have you offered them any help?
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@no1froggy It sounds like you grew up to be a real jerk! So it is immature to care about our world and what happens to it?
LoreneFaith 1 year ago
@LoreneFaith im not the one going around vandalising private property of people who were NOT directly responsible, its called thinking before doing, unfortunately its jerks that dont.
no1froggy 1 year ago
@no1froggy If you call stoping a few petrol stations for a few hours vandalism, how would you describe the disasters BP are responsible for in Gulf of Mexico and in Canada Alberta oil sands? @LoreneFaith
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago 2
@kaieteurdevon i call damaging other peoples property vandalism which it is, if i went to the local town hall breaking things because i didnt like the way they done things i would be locked up & rightly so, but then there is no reasoning with fanaticals with their "always right" attitude.
no1froggy 1 year ago
@no1froggy I agree, if you mindlessly vandalised your town hall you should be dealt some retribution. But if you were protesting against the town hall & you turned off the electricity & put up a barricade for a few hours so it couldn’t be used. Say as an example you were protesting that the local town hall administration had just killed your friends, polluted your family farm land… by accident. This sort of protest would seem very dignified and polite. Same with this Greenpeace protest.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@no1froggy Haha, that's class
Andyspencer 1 year ago
They´re heroes. Thanks Greenpeace :))
lachimnamlok 1 year ago
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Oranoco 1 year ago
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stogie43 1 year ago
Greenpeace has my utmost respect.
iantombower 1 year ago
Greenpeace has my utmost respect. This type civil disobedience is very important to 'get the message home'.
iantombower 1 year ago
@iantombower Agreed
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
More criminal behavior from Greenpeace..
They should change their name to Greenwar.
truefictions 1 year ago
@truefictions yes! an act where not a single living thing was injured is war. What then, would you call it when millions of living things, plus a handful of humans, are killed? Or die slowly from oil toxicity
alxrr7 1 year ago
@truefictions If shutting down a few petrol stations for a couple of hours is criminal in your eyes, what would you call the actions of BP in Gulf of Mexico, or Canada Alberta oil sands?
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon Id call it an accident you fanatical pillock.
no1froggy 1 year ago
@no1froggy Your right it was most probably an accident, doesn’t make it right, if you or I killed people destroyed peoples livelihoods, demolished whole ecosystems …. by accident, we should rightly be hung drawn and quartered.
Greenpeace supporters are stating the obvious to some people that cant understand what BP are doing is wrong. That doesn’t make anyone fanatical.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@no1froggy Its good to see the truth through committed individuals, rather than wishy-washy green-washing from oil companies or governments scared of loosing out on share price falls & tax revenues. Both would gain much more by harnessing clean, renewable sources of energy.
The exploration and mining of oil costs many human lives and destruction of ecosystems. Its good that we all realise this, rather than blindly buying fuel at the forecourts with no understanding of consequences.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago 4
@no1froggy Your bigotry is outstanding well done.
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
@kaieteurdevon its a shame your sarcasm isnt.
no1froggy 1 year ago
Can someone please arrest those idiots. Please...
Andyspencer 1 year ago
@Andyspencer can you please not comment on anything ever again?
alxrr7 1 year ago
@Andyspencer Too right. They can be found at International Headquarters
1 St James's Square
London, SW1Y 4PD
UK
kaieteurdevon 1 year ago
Good job!
PunklifeSince1988 1 year ago
Greenpeace fucking cocks
dolanrally 1 year ago
@dolanrally you should...go to the pawn shop...buy a gun...put it your mouth...and pull the trigger. Ok, thank you
alxrr7 1 year ago
Civil disobedience requires a certain level of courage and calm, especially when you're doing an arrestable action. Much love to these brave activists!
skyeliquor 1 year ago
@skyeliquor I agree - when most want to keep calm and carry on the green peace wanna calmly protest, act and show us what it is like to HELP!
Nomadisback 1 year ago
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TheTubestud 1 year ago
I love how everyone are blaming British Petroleum for the Oil Spill even though it was an American component that failed which caused the whole thing.
In keeping with the theory, I blame American airlines for 9/11.
I saw them do it.
Jurgen133 1 year ago 7
@Jurgen133 everybody blames bp because they are the ones who cut corners to make an extra buck. they made the decisions leading up to, and causing the disaster. if they would have followed proper procedure then this would have never happened... do your research... as for the rest of your comment you are just talking out of your @ss...
sgstadler78 1 year ago
tho i don't necessarily agree with greenpeace tactics, bp is to blame...
sgstadler78 1 year ago