In a startling display of the power of public voice to destroy entire nations and cultures, a jury yesterday acquitted six Greenpeace activists. Criminal damage To a coal-fired power plant.
No doubt these “eco-warriors” feel entirely justified in destroying what we, the taxpayers, have some justification for considering as rather urgently necessary to solve the impending energy crisis that these same dangerous Luddites themselves created over the past few decades, as part of a ridiculous effort to keep a rapidly sinking economy afloat.
Now, a big Pat on the back You, my friends, have now set a precedent for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of your medieval flagellants to commit similar acts of deliberate destruction against our vital economic infrastructure.
No need to worry Power shortage And of course, there will be huge increases in electricity prices. After all, the threat of man-made global warming is a much bigger danger than the threat of a few coal-fired power plants, right? mistaken.
So how about we stop building coal plants altogether and get to work on the urgent task of building coal plants? A new generation We absolutely need nuclear power plants to get away from fossil fuels forever. Sorry, what do you mean? Not supported Nuclear power? Surely if we want to “defeat the threat of climate change” (which we can't do, but hey, who cares about grammatical or logical consistency these days), then surely the only viable solution to our energy needs must be nuclear power?
Ah, okay. If we actually do that and invest in infrastructure to solve the energy shortage, then your patron saint, Al Gore and his Hedge fund friends You can't steal the rest of us Diminishing Wealth With their fraud and deception. Well done again. This is all part of the service you swamp-roaming lynch mobs provide to our citizens. Ruling ClassI think I'm saving the planet Dirty old humanity.
