Climate change pain hits too hard, nearly 300,000 start revolt in France

The climate change collectivist overlords were always going to overdo it

Changing the global climate is such a ridiculously ambitious task that there was never an scientific limit to the imposts that would be demanded. So the zealots would take what they could get, and then ask for more in escalating cycles, until the people finally rose up in revolt. Changing the climate is all apple pie until it really hits our quality of life.

The French have hit that point and the protest is supported by nearly 4 out 5 people and looks set to go on:

Gilets jaunes protest likely to continue

227 protesters were injured, the majority of which were caused by drivers attempting to force their way through blockades; one 63-year-old woman attending the gilets jaunes protest in Savoie was killed after a driver “panicked” and accelerated into protesters. 117 people were arrested and 73 were later taken into police custody. Police in Paris deployed tear gas to disperse blockades.

A number of French petrol stations joined the gilets jaunes protest, with branches in Brittany, Dordogne and Normandy closing for the day. The SGP Police-FSMI FO police union urged its members not to […]