Insulate Britain

Quite AND did you see how IMMEDIATELY the police moved him?! Beggars belief!!!

Their goal apparently is to make the government retrofit the UK's 29 million homes to make them more energy efficient and also to fund this exercise, beginning with social housing. Sounds simple(although monstrously expensive), but insulating homes, especially those older properties without cavity walls is far from simple.
Gluing themselves to busy roads won't help one iota. Helping educate people about effective ways to make their homes more energy efficient and finding practical ways to assist them do so, would.

MONICA, exactly!

Err you wash yoghurt pots? Asking for a friend

I'm not sure what their problem is. There are many schemes both cheap and even free where people can insulate their own homes. We did it years ago. We updated at our own cost a few years ago. I have paid for new windows as some were not energy efficient. There are loads of schemes going round now. Obviously is people are renting then thats a problem with landlords but the Government can't really force people to insulate. Almost all new houses are really energy efficient nowadays even to the point where a lot of new builds dont even have any gas supply.

Anyone know how much pollution is involved in the production of insulation, solar panels heat pumps, batteries for electric cars, transportation of them all. These are all the "we must haves" according to environmentalists and governments. What about the destruction of seabeds in the collection of lithium for batteties. Wonder if the protesters were all dressed in woollen, natural fibre clothing, travelled by non polluting means, no painted or acrylic nails, no manmade materials for their protest banners. Many countries use dyes if some sort at protests, riots, to later identify the culprits. About time UK did too.

Namsnanny Again, sources please?

There is no bravery in stupidity

lizzypopbottle Sources please? Other than that, more generally, which bit of climate change are people not understanding? Insulation means reduced fuel use, which may help reduce global warming. I'm aware that the authoritarian faction want protests to be curbed, but if we can't disrupt we'll change nothing. Suffragettes won us the vote by protest, not writing polite letters or inviting MPs round for tea and cake. Do you really want your grandchildren and great-grandchildren to live/die in the of misery that desertification brings? I don't.

12.19 MerylStreep ... very true.

'Brave souls', no less!
I'm not sure what they have risked personally.
Especially as the example in their own lives of not insulating, and driving unnecessary miles around Europe (in the middle of a pandemic, possibly spreading it) in a smokey desiel car, seems to prove they care nothing for the cause they purport to believe in.

HurdyGurdy ... ??
the memory of my children's playing has been indelibly printed on my brain!

Agreed!

Brave? Nothing brave about them whatsoever...

8.27 Monica I completely agree with every word in your post.

I believe the quickest way to disperse these protestors is not with bagpipes, but to get a load of local schoolchildren to come down and endlessly play Three Blind Mice on their recorders, to entertain (not harass) them whilst they are protesting.

Some posters have mentioned they go to Glasgow to demonstrate. They wouldn’t get within 10 miles of Glasgow.
After all, the great and the good have to be protected.
Meanwhile, the great unwashed are being shafted trying to do a days work.?

Brave?!
Not my idea of courage.

What irritates me is the hypocrisy. These people make thorough nuisances of themselves and it turns out their houses are not insulated and they fly thousands of miles every year. They stomp off from TV interviews when challenged about it. They exhort us all to be vegan while they condone the destruction of rain forests to grow their soya and avocados for their toast. Put your own house in order and only then glue your face to the road!

The sad thing is the Insulate Britain protestors are quite correct in wanting to reduce carbon emissions by insulating domestic property properly and loads of property needs this done. The disruption they are causing is nothing compared with what's likely to happen if we don't get to grips with climate change. I'd also be furious to be stopped going to work, or going home to collect my kids from nursery etc etc and think there may be better ways to do this but actually this seems to be a very effective way of raising the profile of the issues. The government is also seeking to reduce our rights to demonstrate and protest, so we need to be more supportive of these brave souls before we all lose our rights to free speech and being heard.

My DH suggests we cut them from the tarmac but leave it attached for them to remove! Sounds like a plan. Not so easy going about your day with a lump of tarmac glued to your hands!

SoldiaSailor
Give me a shout when your set up. I’m not far from the Dartford crossing.
Don’t be surprised anyone if you see that a pensioner has been arrested for assault. That will be me ?

I think our police are shown to be ineffective and useless. I hate seeing them in this position of such weakness. They are just standing watching these idiots disrupting our day to day life and there are no consequences. Why are the police there at all ? These protesters don’t seem to have a clear idea of what they are trying to achieve, having seen some interviews they do not appear to be articulate. How about concentrating their attention on some of the really polluting countries, China perhaps ? Every day when I see these protesters I hope some strong, angry motorists will get together and drag the mob out of the road, it hasn’t really happened yet but I keep hoping it will !

noticed in the last lot sitting in the road that a lot of them were working age so were they supposed to be working from home or took a day sick or even on unemployment benefits if so then why were they not where they were supposed to be instead of holding up those who needed to get to work or kids to school or delivering goods

I'm thinking about making a liberal distribution of stink bombs if they should start protesting near me.