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Given Government inaction on climate change, could we begin to see motivated individuals or groups taking matters into their own hands and targeting fossil fuel

Given Government inaction on climate change, could we begin to see motivated individuals or groups taking matters into their own hands and targeting fossil fuel infrastructure in this manner?

aardvarkr 5y ago
That would be domestic terrorism and is an easy way to turn the entire population against the cause
- adrianmonk 5y ago
  It could do more harm than good, but it remains possible that someone will do it anyway. It's a legitimate scenario for these types of companies to consider in their cyber-security planning and preparation (assuming they have any).
  - pm90 5y ago
    Domestic attacks would be somewhat more difficult to carry out without being detected. It’s much easier for the Government to track domestic actors since there’s so much data collected on them both Nationally and by local law enforcement. That’s why international attacks are more prevalent and bold: they’re not as easily traceable. However, that also comes with its downsides: if the USG wants, it might just use lethal force against you. So ultimately the people who tend to do this repeatedly end up being state owned or state protected actors, who are likely offered some sort of protection by their State from retribution by the USG.
    - zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
      1/6 looked pretty easy. It also looked like it was pretty easy to catch the most gods-awfully expensive intelligence agencies in the world completely flat-footed.
- ArkanExplorer 5y ago
  With a bus load of activists you could probably shut down a coal mine or coal power plant. Just repeat the interruptions until the location is closed. Environmentalists used to chain themselves to trees. Would the same physical actions work for climate change? Its difficult to see the public being opposed to this when coal infrastructure is on the edge of irrelevancy anyway and easily replaced.

Given Government inaction on climate change, could we begin to see motivated individuals or groups taking matters into their own hands and targeting fossil fuel infrastructure in this manner?

aardvarkr 5y ago

That would be domestic terrorism and is an easy way to turn the entire population against the cause

adrianmonk 5y ago
It could do more harm than good, but it remains possible that someone will do it anyway. It's a legitimate scenario for these types of companies to consider in their cyber-security planning and preparation (assuming they have any).
- pm90 5y ago
  Domestic attacks would be somewhat more difficult to carry out without being detected. It’s much easier for the Government to track domestic actors since there’s so much data collected on them both Nationally and by local law enforcement. That’s why international attacks are more prevalent and bold: they’re not as easily traceable. However, that also comes with its downsides: if the USG wants, it might just use lethal force against you. So ultimately the people who tend to do this repeatedly end up being state owned or state protected actors, who are likely offered some sort of protection by their State from retribution by the USG.
  - zero_deg_kevin 5y ago
    1/6 looked pretty easy. It also looked like it was pretty easy to catch the most gods-awfully expensive intelligence agencies in the world completely flat-footed.
ArkanExplorer 5y ago
With a bus load of activists you could probably shut down a coal mine or coal power plant. Just repeat the interruptions until the location is closed. Environmentalists used to chain themselves to trees. Would the same physical actions work for climate change? Its difficult to see the public being opposed to this when coal infrastructure is on the edge of irrelevancy anyway and easily replaced.