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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 364380" data-attributes="member: 33">I think you have identified why Just Stop Oil take the approach that they do. When they picket companies that are major contributors to climate change, it makes no difference and gets little attention. When they throw jigsaw puzzle pieces on an outside court during a tennis match at Wimbledon, it makes the front pages and gets international attention. It gets people talking about an issue of which there is far too much apathy.Today the UN said climate change is &quot;out of control&quot; and that this week is likely to be the hottest week ever recorded since records began. We can go on like this. The world is currently on a dangerous trajectory for global warming and it&#039;s only a matter of time before large parts of the earth that are currently home for millions of people become totally uninhabitable which will cause a&nbsp; massive refugee crisis. Sadly we have passed the point of gently persuading people, businesses and governments to address the issue, we need to take drastic action now. Just Stop Oil, for all their faults, are rightly pointing out the urgency of the crisis while so many others are happy to fiddle when Rome burns. If someone is stood under a boulder that is rapidly falling to the ground, when the drop first started there might have been time to warn them to move but after a while you have to realise that the only way to save their life is to push them out of the way. As far as climate change is concerned, past apathy means were are now at a critical point and it&#039;s too late for gentle persuasion, we need to be pushed to safety.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 364380, member: 33"] I think you have identified why Just Stop Oil take the approach that they do. When they picket companies that are major contributors to climate change, it makes no difference and gets little attention. When they throw jigsaw puzzle pieces on an outside court during a tennis match at Wimbledon, it makes the front pages and gets international attention. It gets people talking about an issue of which there is far too much apathy. Today the UN said climate change is "out of control" and that this week is likely to be the hottest week ever recorded since records began. We can go on like this. The world is currently on a dangerous trajectory for global warming and it's only a matter of time before large parts of the earth that are currently home for millions of people become totally uninhabitable which will cause a massive refugee crisis. Sadly we have passed the point of gently persuading people, businesses and governments to address the issue, we need to take drastic action now. Just Stop Oil, for all their faults, are rightly pointing out the urgency of the crisis while so many others are happy to fiddle when Rome burns. If someone is stood under a boulder that is rapidly falling to the ground, when the drop first started there might have been time to warn them to move but after a while you have to realise that the only way to save their life is to push them out of the way. As far as climate change is concerned, past apathy means were are now at a critical point and it's too late for gentle persuasion, we need to be pushed to safety. [/QUOTE]

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