{"id":374277,"date":"2025-04-08T09:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T07:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=374277"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T07:59:08","slug":"three-cheers-for-diminished-just-stop-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=374277","title":{"rendered":"Three Cheers for Diminished \u2018Just Stop Oil\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"374282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=374282\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?fit=2048%2C1364&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1364\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0,27xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?resize=1536%2C1023&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?resize=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/climate-extremism\/cheers-just-stop-oil\/\">Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On social media,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christopher-nguyen-pmq\/\">Christopher Nguyen<\/a>&nbsp;gave praises for the retreat (surrender?) of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/juststopoil.org\/\">Just Stop Oil<\/a>, a development&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/climate-extremism\/just-stop-oil-stops\/\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;last week at MasterResource. He should know, being a UKer (Scotland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7311309524894691328?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7311309524894691328%2C7311390347564068864%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7311309524894691328%2C7311464682559557632%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287311390347564068864%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7311309524894691328%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287311464682559557632%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7311309524894691328%29\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No more roadblocks, no more anti-art actions, no more helping UN\u2019s Net Zero \u201cinspired\u201d politicians legislate or promote:<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f6ab.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f697.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude97\">Clean Air Zones, (Ultra) Low Emission Zones (Anti-motorist Zones), 15-minute cities, 20-minute neighbourhoods,<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f6ab.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f969.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd69\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f37c.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf7c\">meat and dairy exclusionary contracts,<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f6ab.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/2708.svg\" alt=\"\u2708\ufe0f\">flight shaming,<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f6ab.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f9e5.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udde5\">shaming buying clothes,<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f6ab.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f42e.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc2e\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f436.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc36\">carbon taxes.<br><br>Praise God. Let us rejoice!<br>___________________________________<br>One leg down. More to come down.<br>Do you comply with the Net Zero Carbon consumption targets?<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f6ab.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f37c.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf7c\">Absolute Zero dairy<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f6ab.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f969.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd69\">Absolute Zero meat<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f6ab.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f457.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc57\">3 items of clothing per year<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f6ab.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/2708.svg\" alt=\"\u2708\ufe0f\">1 return flight per 3 years<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f6ab.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udeab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f697.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude97\">Absolute Zero private vehicles<br><br>Source:The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5\u00b0C World, 2019, c40 cities, p.78, 82, 86, 90\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ejhTfy8N\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ejhTfy8N<\/a><br><br>Who is doing that:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eAQik-Eb\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eAQik-Eb<\/a><br>Who funds that:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ex3YgA3b\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ex3YgA3b<\/a><br>Mayors participating\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ewU_YrcN\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ewU_YrcN<\/a><br>Mayors cooperating\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ePjPw4vQ\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/ePjPw4vQ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher Nguyen&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7311309524894691328?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7311309524894691328%2C7311390347564068864%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7311309524894691328%2C7311464682559557632%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287311390347564068864%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7311309524894691328%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287311464682559557632%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7311309524894691328%29\">warns<\/a>&nbsp;that the other climate groups are secretly working to disrupt and vandalize the winning, normal ways of their opponents. Good citizens beware!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a comment, Kevin Hofner&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7311309524894691328?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7311309524894691328%2C7311333093749989376%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287311333093749989376%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7311309524894691328%29\">noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The founder of [Just Stop Oil] is [jailed] Roger Hallam. He is a serial poster on X specializing in fear. He is a Svengali who lured several to the cause and convinced them to block traffic on a major London-area highway. High-publicity arrest and trial.<br><br>He, and several of those who listened to his siren song, are in [jail] for the activity. He continues to fund raise from inside. The irony is no one can say if he used pounds from his slush fund to help with the defense of his followers.<br><br>Most of X has turned on him and his posts are now covered with protests. He destroyed his own movement with his misguided efforts. Won\u2019t be missed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifteen protestors with Just Stop Oil are in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"406\" data-attachment-id=\"374280\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=374280\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-197.png?fit=468%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"468,406\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-197.png?fit=468%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-197.png?resize=468%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374280\" style=\"width:534px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-197.png?w=468&amp;ssl=1 468w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-197.png?resize=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are they reading the books to cure them of climate anxiety and futilism? Here are some suggestions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Judith Curry,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Climate-Uncertainty-Risk-Environment-Sustainability\/dp\/1839989254\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3U9CFY2D6O7IO&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Bbr9YDegIoF__5lv7DlTEen-KrwdxfeRlKAZXJbv9gSqmPZOfcT5tb5pds_zgYGnoeUgSqjtDgmE8cJWnGKjXRVFZN6O9s4K1Xf8Lmjm4gfDsGNbrzZBapOmhCs-9eivdudWT7bpnDp8gJdETICWgdFYsVE4nGmGLtEz65f5KUS4yEbROMrL9ZL-D5w11JPdmV4LIRvyU_OhzdlW57hQO0TW6dFNcMhdZAAf9GMUNoA.KgJZqJ7AxAZSXJt484Adt8reKWBUgO_oEm43J_UNbHs&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=Judith+Curry&amp;qid=1742161089&amp;sprefix=judith+curry%2Caps%2C150&amp;sr=8-1\">Climate Uncertainty and Risk: Rethinking Our Response<\/a>\u00a0(2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex Epstein,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fossil-Future-Flourishing-Requires-Gas-Not\/dp\/0593420411\/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QTvXWTa9Q8Y-eR0KSVTylLd2u7VcX8Rkpq3qUuN7CZUa_7LQTPSVAcJIG2WOuT1GUPnyeqs3hB8Px18xj0HUpaqUqpomZyabF-7vPQ1SeJ8KeRXcD3xkeJfehuuJxppr.DGvRemuY86Fd8ThyeQUcr4x8EHa0EsNymaO_V4diH_8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;hvadid=693678443919&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvexpln=67&amp;hvlocphy=1026495&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvocijid=11148110927356753605--&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;hvrand=11148110927356753605&amp;hvtargid=kwd-1659844618441&amp;hydadcr=22569_13493349&amp;keywords=fossil+future+by+alex+epstein&amp;mcid=14ec84c9d51c3506905098cafae225d7&amp;qid=1742160921&amp;sr=8-1\">Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas\u2013Not Less<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steven Koonin,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unsettled-Climate-Science-Doesnt-Matters\/dp\/1950665798\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OVA5B7PMNUCE&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OMNnWeHdxOKvuqCq4flwL6i7YgxxcmsqlYBIf-I7mHniYCnGdekQeUyyfBpPaDWC.8un6QaKm-VYzElmmdpBxVCsNXdvsUITQhTG8KUxOlMo&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=steve+koonin+unsettled&amp;qid=1742161019&amp;sprefix=Steve+Koonin%2Caps%2C144&amp;sr=8-1\">Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn\u2019t, and Why It Matters<\/a>\u00a0(2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurkmak,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Population-Bombed-Exploding-Between-Overpopulation\/dp\/0993119034\">Population Bombed!: Exploding the Link Between Overpopulation and Climate Change<\/a>\u00a0(2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On social media,\u00a0Christopher Nguyen\u00a0gave praises for the retreat (surrender?) of\u00a0Just Stop Oil, a development\u00a0reported\u00a0last week at MasterResource. He should know, being a UKer (Scotland).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":374282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691834342,691834343,691834341,691819254,691818154],"class_list":["post-374277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-christopher-nguyen","tag-climate-groups","tag-consumption","tag-just-stop-oil","tag-net-zero","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/027xp-climate-activists-museums-mbqg-superJumbo.webp?fit=2048%2C1364&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1zmJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":273129,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=273129","url_meta":{"origin":374277,"position":0},"title":"Climate Crazy? 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