Eco-activists are suspected of letting down the tyres on over 100 4x4 SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles) in the South Manchester area. Leaflets have been left on the windscreens accusing the owners of damaging the environment.
Eco-activists are suspected of letting down the tyres on over 100 4x4 SUVs in the South Manchester area. Leaflets have been left on the windscreens saying:
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Given the threat of climate change and the government's inaction, direct action such as this is, unfortunately, necessary. Large SUV's emit substantially more greenhouse gases.
Road accident victims are six times more likely to die if hit by a 4x4 rather than a smaller car. This is not an attack on you as a person, nor is it an attack on your right to own a car. This is an attack on your choice of car, given the above concerns.
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According to some reports (deliberate misinformation?) tyres were slashed but other reports say they were only let down. The cops are reported as saying this is criminal - is it a criminal offence to deflate a tyre as long as no damage is done?
Links to reports on this story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1186388/4x4-backlash-Owners-100-Chelsea-Tractors-tyres-slashed-environmental-activists.html
http://manchesterclimatefortnightly.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-suv-tyre-deflating-in-south.html
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1116770_ecovandals_attack_cars?rss=yes
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Given the threat of climate change and the government's inaction, direct action such as this is, unfortunately, necessary. Large SUV's emit substantially more greenhouse gases.
Road accident victims are six times more likely to die if hit by a 4x4 rather than a smaller car. This is not an attack on you as a person, nor is it an attack on your right to own a car. This is an attack on your choice of car, given the above concerns.
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According to some reports (deliberate misinformation?) tyres were slashed but other reports say they were only let down. The cops are reported as saying this is criminal - is it a criminal offence to deflate a tyre as long as no damage is done?
Links to reports on this story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1186388/4x4-backlash-Owners-100-Chelsea-Tractors-tyres-slashed-environmental-activists.html http://manchesterclimatefortnightly.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-suv-tyre-deflating-in-south.html http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1116770_ecovandals_attack_cars?rss=yes
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Vehicle interference
23.05.2009 12:26
Chris
eco warriors
23.05.2009 13:33
brutus
w00t
23.05.2009 16:18
anon
Not sure
23.05.2009 19:04
Wonder if they got the sabs landrover lol ;-)
Roger
Like it
23.05.2009 19:22
Happy
nice1,how many sabs, antifash & good bouncers did you get??nice1
23.05.2009 20:47
james
nice one?
24.05.2009 00:27
No wonder britain is becoming like big brother, its because of stupid actions like this.
max
@ max
24.05.2009 01:51
As for your point about CCTV - should we not carry out any direct action because they might install more cameras - like there's not hundreds in every city anyway? This is exactly how the ruling class wants you to think: in fear. If you're angry about 'big brother' why not go smash up some cameras because, as in this case, that's the only way they'll get the message.
Wake Up : Organise.
anon
cop hate
25.05.2009 00:09
fucking moaning little twits like max, above, they are best left to tend to the wounded than actually fight on the front line.........
oh well, there's always militants to rely on.....
good action in south manchester. might copy it here in nottingham.
bye.
leds
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Doh!
25.05.2009 12:03
The RAC
doh!
25.05.2009 13:41
reminds me of the story a friend who works at eon told me: A protestor handcuffed themselves to one of the 3 conveyor hopper thats moved the fuel from the lorries into the plants, thus closing it down. But it turned out that it was the biofuel one, so the staff ended up having to put more coal on the other two to keep the plant going!
Wonder how many extra tons of carbon footprinting that produced?
Not their finest moment by all accounts.
ripe
@doh
25.05.2009 23:38
JimDog*
no point at all
26.05.2009 18:04
One larger truck called out for 100 vehicles!? I think you'll being a bit optimistic if you believe that is all. Try lots of trucks. Lots of police cars. Lots of public money that could've been spent on better things like tracking down pedophiles and thieves.
And for what? Obviously - absolutely nothing apart from satisfying a few people's egos
essexy
Really?
28.05.2009 15:52
We have two 4x4s in my family the one is to collect sustainable wood for my grandparents that are in there 80s and would die without this vehicle the other is a organic veg farm hands vehicle. Both of which live in urban areas but both totally nesssasary and both giving off lower emitions than your average estate car or van. I bet the people letting these tires down didn't think about what distress they could cause doing this or pause to check the emition rates of all 4x4s.
By all means flyer these cars and try to change peoples opinions that have them but don't asume that they are all useless and not needed.
Acts like these don't change opinions they just make people more determined to do what they want.
Betty