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• ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I can cite many news articles which show that protesting in this way is more effective.

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No doubt, no doubt. Plenty of articles claiming JSO protests are effective.

    Of course, if they were actually effective, you wouldn’t need to point to news articles promoting the virtues of standing around in the street.

    You’d be able to point to oil consumption rates. If they were actually effective, those rates would be falling.

    They aren’t. Not by a long shot.

    Those “many news articles” are complete horseshit.

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    • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If that is the only metric you are looking it, kind of. It slumped during COVID and has looked like it’s tailing off somewhat. Without tax breaks, subsidies and support for other forms of transport, say, we will not shake our dependence.

      But, we can look at specific countries and see if those things have helped on a national scale, like Norway, for example, which has seen consumption decline since 2018. And Sweden. And Japan. And Germany. And…

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      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Norway, for example, which has seen consumption decline since 2018.

        They started obstructing traffic in 2022, not 2018. Norway’s consumption has increased, significantly since they began obstructing traffic.

        Japan’s decline since then is commensurate with its population decline. Germany’s and Sweden’s are flat. UK is up even more than Norway.

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