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Hamburg: Climate activists let air out of tyres of 33 cars (mainly SUVs!) again (www.ndr.de)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From the article: *Large SUVs were particularly affected. According to the police, notes were attached to the cars indicating that they were harmful to the climate. The tyres were not punctured, but merely deflated. The cars were parked in the area between the S-Bahn line and Elbchaussee around Kanzleistraße. *

Personally, I like this protest way more than glueing themselves to the streets, causing traffic jams where cars burn gasoline for hours and ambulances / firefighters / police gets stuck, putting innocent life in danger.

The article is in German. Warning: this link leads to google translate.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The attitude is odd.

For example I'd love to buy an electric car but they're just far too expensive for me to be able to afford. I need something, so I get a cheap and 2nd hand car. Inevitably that is an ICE because even second-hand electrics are hugely expensive. Yet somehow I'm the one targeted?

Why are they not targeting the people who are actually the problem rather than irritating the general public who broadly agree with them in principle who but lack the ability to really do anything effective.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

The consumer is a large part of the problem, though. People want these types of cars and not because they are better at what they are supposed to do.

Regardless of that I don't think this is a good way to protest.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For example I’d love to buy an electric car but they’re just far too expensive for me to be able to afford. I need something, so I get a cheap and 2nd hand car. Inevitably that is an ICE because even second-hand electrics are hugely expensive. Yet somehow I’m the one targeted?

I think the goal is to target people with huge, luxury cars. Anything else doesn't make sense at all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Will they say they're targeting SUVs

My problem with that is if you go and look up SUVs online you'll find that everything from actual suvs right down to estate cars are considered to be SUVs these days.