Climate protestors are going after automobiles, german cars in this case by protesting at the auto show

On the one hand, sure climate change yada yada i get it
On the other hand i like my German luxury cars and i say no 😮
I think the market is taking care of things on its own with electric vehicles and should be left to do its own thing

What do our resident pardians think?

https://www.dw.com/en/thousands-of-climate-protesters-target-frankfurt-auto-show/a-50435008
Tens of thousands of climate demonstrators turned up to protest at Germany's biggest car show in Frankfurt on Saturday, using the event as a platform to demand the car industry address its role in damaging the environment.

Estimates of the number of participants protesting at the International Motor Show Germany (IAA) ranged between 25,000 and 18,000 protesters, with more than 10,000 of these on bicycles as part of the "Sternfahrt," or "Star Ride," journey.

The protesters marched for an end to the combustion engine and for a government and industry overhaul of transport policy that prioritizes zero and low-emission modes of transport such as bicycles, walking, buses and trains.

They deserve it

Social pressure is good to a certain extent, it drives change but this display is kind of hypocritical.

I can guarantee that at least a fair amount of those protesters drove to that event... not sure how they don't see the irony here. Car manufacturers don't pollute the earth stupid, its you me and everyone else who wants 21st century comforts.

A lot of car manufacturing are going into the EV direction already.

i agree with duff i like my vehicle I upgraded to finally. it’s even fairly fuel efficient and can go very fast when i wanna

i didnt drive an older used economical and environmentally friendly coupe for years while saving to have some degenerate jobless psle pasty privileged lefty protesters tell me what to drive

Mmm delicious blowback from decades of hippie propaganda.

I feel like it’s a decade late , Volkswagen aside, the rest of Germany’s main manufacturers are record low emissions year after year. There are probably more purposeful ways these protesters could be spending their time.

They did this because they knew it would get people talking more and more about climate change so in that sense they accomplished what they were trying to do

Never get tired of posting this. Imagine if every 1st world protester cared enough to do the little, personal things to impact change like these guys.

wow, amaing. these two guys have probably done more for the environment than every liberal snowflake protester in america combined. good for them.

This post was edited by ReturnFormer on Nov 4 2019 08:32pm