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They are hardly 'blocking everything'. It's a well publicised 2 week protest at a few sites in the centre of London.
But again, if you think they have got it wrong, what would you do differently? It's a genuine question, as I don't think it's a perfect response to the crisis we are in, but they are the only ones that seem to be doing anything useful.
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They are hardly 'blocking everything'.
Blocking 'everything' as in all kinds of transport, rather than e.g. only motorised private transport. With regards to what would I do differently - I would target things like the financial sector more, and common people trying to get to work in a crammed bus less. It'll get them attention, but it will also put a lot of people off. If I'm someone just about making ends meet in a busy and expensive place like London, the way to get my sympathy is not to block my bus.
SwissChap
Yes, my issue is that there seems to be no causal chain there. I'm all for protests etc., but in the end, we all know that the government will not do anything unless forced to, which means a significant number of the constituents of the party / parties in power putting it as a high priority. And I don't see how exactly protests that just block everything are going to achieve that.
Usually, the argument is that you want to be big enough that you can't be ignored, so that your issue gets press coverage. And once that happens, enough people will eventually side with your issue for things to change - be it conditions in fur farms, animal testing, or children working to produce footballs in Nepal. Well, I think most people are already aware of the climate issue, how ever little they might realise the urgency. So that spike of extra awareness you can usually get by achieving wide-spread press coverage is attenuated quite a bit.