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[quote user="andrewjonathon"] Maybe 'hijacked" is a little strong but a coal train was stopped and boarded by a group of climate change protesters. There is video of the protesters starting to unload the coal right on the tracks. I'm guessing they didn't get to far. Its quite an undertaking when all you have is a few shovels.Are the protesters misinformed or is this a sign of the future? Will coal fired power plants come under increasing political pressure from different action groups?  <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7452395.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7452395.stm</a>  [/quote]I would not say that hijack is too strong of a term.  In fact the protesters are hijacking a lot more than just a coal train.  Whether they are misinformed or not depends on your viewpoint.  But it is shaping up to be perhaps one of the biggest tugs of war that the world has ever known.  The green protesters won't get far shoveling coal out of trains, but that is only symbolism for what they are really shoveling, which is the politics of climate change.  And in that arena, I think they are winning the contest.  They have won a big battle in the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court declaring that CO2 is a pollutant. To general perception, it may seem like there have been no consequences of the CO2 ruling, but the implications of the decision are so vast that it will take a few years for them to develop.  I think we will look back on it as the point where we made a u-turn unless we can find a way to eliminate CO2 other than not producing it in the first place.
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