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‘A new phase’: why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest (www.theguardian.com)
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Tougher laws said to be inspiring clandestine attacks on the ‘property and machinery’ of the fossil fuel economy

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[–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Don't forget the cost of insurance. That's the big one. If it stops being possible to insure fossil fuel infrastructure, then investments shift to renewables that can be insured. It's pretty simple economic math.

Edit: that also works in all levels of the economy. Pipeline constitution vehicle get torched every time there's a pipeline built? Uninsurable therefore reduce or stop investment. Cas in cities always get flat tires and vandalized? People won't buy cars they can't insure.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

Also insurance companies that provide insurance for such companies are themselves valid targets for direct actions to cause economic loss.