On the first day of the fuel protests Greenpeace volunteers met face to face with the protestors before their convoy set off for London, They explained to them the link between cheap petrol and diesel and increased flooding.
As the truckers and farmers gathered for their increasingly unpopular protest the Greenpeace activists told them that Greenpeace was completely opposed to any reductions in tax on oil based fuels. They made it clear that Gordon Brown's pledge to reduce tax on low sulphur fuels was not green but a recipe for runaway climate change since it would increase the use of oil based fuels.
The Greenpeace team arrived at the protestors meeting point near Gateshead on 3 vehicles, all powered by green fuels - bio-diesel and compressed natural gas - with the slogan 'Change your oil for good, support green fuel' on the side of them.
At about 9am the convoy set off towards Newcastle passing large numbers of environmental protestors but instead of heading on towards London after Newcastle as expected, a couple of hours later they were back where they started from at the truck stop near Gateshead.
It looks like the next stop will be Weatherby, Yorkshire; if it is Greenpeace will be there making the case for the enviroment.
