Our oil rig occupation has ended

"Thanks also to the trolls, realitycheck121/saynotogreenpeace for becoming increasingly shrill and hypocritical, as all trolls do when they get little or no response"

Now now there is no need to be name calling to others that dont share your opinion.

Having a different opinion is healthy for debate and to move forwards as what a boring world it would be if we all thought the same!

Keep up the good work realitycheck121 I'm sure you're the pride of the 'Big Oil lobby' by now. Put your head back in the sand while you're at it, I'm sure nobody likes looking at it anyway.

You did not stop the drilling program for 2 days. The operation was suspended for a couple of hours (see other blogs from rig) whilst the situation was assessed.

Rather like pausing to swat an irritating fly.

Absolute PR disaster for Greenpeace with over 80% of blogs (see other sites, SkyNews/BBC etc etc) being against your childish and dangerous actions.

Hope to see some video of you disappearing over the horizon in your rust bucket of a vessel with your tails firmly between your legs.

Apart, of course, from the 4 idiots you have left behind who will be enjoying Greenland for a few years more due to their criminal activities.

And once again I would like to point out that there have still be no answers from Greenpeace to the questions raised in several blogs on this site regarding the safety and planning for this illegal action.

Very, very damning indictment of your ill conceived, dangerous and poorly planned antics.

We need to use less oil.

We're using more.

Protests like these are a necessary part of bringing attention to this.

If no-one highlighted the problems caused by human greed where would we be? Would women have a vote? Africans be in slavery? A stand must be taken.
The huge cost of extracting the last oil from our planet would be far better spent in developing renewable energy. The ideas are out there - they just need money spent to develop them.
It's a shame that Grrenpeace have to go to these extremes, but nothing would get done otherwise. It will doubtless take decades to reduce our dependance on oil, but the clock is ticking and we need to make a better start now.

I am happy that greenpeace decided to call off the attempt at sabotage for safety reasons. I do not agree with what they have done but I do commend them only in this instance that safety is and always should be a priority.

However by climbing that rig and staging a sit in protest was in violation of various saftey systems that have been put in place to protect the enviornment, equipment and above all else the lives of those involved in the drilling operation. For that Greenpeace will pay a heavy price if not done so already.

As much as Greenpeace protests about drilling for new oil, I wonder if any of them have visited a functioning oil rig before. If they have they may be surprised by the amount of care they all have for the environment and the lengths that they go to to reduce our impact. All oil rigs theses days follow a strict recycling and waste seperation policy and non compliance in this which this results in fines. All rigs have a very very strict policy on 'nothing goes in the sea' that could potentially cause any harm.

Chemicals that are used offshore are always being replaced with new more environmentally friendly ones even if they are less functionable for the job than the more hazerdous ones because its the right thing to do for people and the environments safety.

I think if Greenpeace actually understood the lengths that oil companies go to to be as environmentally friendly as possible then they might not attack the companies so much but the users of the end product. They are only drilling for oil as the world demands that they do. They are listening to 6billion people screaming oil oil oil not some crazed bunch of eco-terrorists.

As always the oil industy learns and unlike many other industries it learns fast. The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, almost as soon as it happened, taught them that it can not rely soley on 1 piece of equipment that would shut in the well in should the worse happen.

BP got it wrong, seriously and gravely wrong but from that it and other oil companies learned that there needed to be a further 'back-up' should that equipment fail. Within a few months various drilling standards (Norway, Denmark etc) were re-done and updated to impliment this need for a second barrier. It costs more but in the long term the view that is held is that it lessens the chance of another GOM of happening. Shouldn't that be encouraged?

The oil industry does care about the environment very much and tries its absolute best to reduce the impact it has even if costs are increased but as I said they are there only because the demand is for them to be there.

More people than ever drive cars often on journeys that could quite easily be done on foot. Why not do a massive and sensible campaign about that? Why not do a campaign about using more public transport or lobbying for a reduction in the cost of public transport so that more people are inclined to use it. Why not campaign for more imports of electric cars and infrastrtucture for charge points around the country?

We buy what is around us, what is supplied to us in supermarkets, shops and such like and try and make informed choices. Some people can not make these choices due to budget constraints but if more products were avaliable to them then maybe they would.

Dont bash the oil industry, its only the tip of the iceberg work bottom up not top down if you really want to make an impact.

To some of those who criticise Greenpeace, I would like to know, what exactly are you doing to prevent deep-sea drilling? Are you standing up for our environment, for our right to have a say on what happens to our planet?

Please do constructive criticism, tell everyone what you are doing to help. If you are not helping in any way, then I feel that you should at least suggest alternative ways of protesting. If you cannot suggest alternative ways of protesting, then I feel it really is only representing yourselves as being like Cairn and its followers.

Cairn are the type of company that gladly gamble with something that does not belong to them. The Arctic belongs to all creatures and people on this planet, and those still to be born. It is proven scientifically and spiritually that our planet has a particular eco-system, in which the Arctic ice plays an intrinsically important role.

It is not enough to just say "I told you so". We have to act, now. And yet the majority of people do not know the severity of the situation and the governments fail to have the courage to act.

Despite this, some very brave people from Greenpeace stand up for what is right, speak up on behalf of everyone and those who cannot speak with a human voice and risk themselves for the sake of our environment: they have courage and professionalism and fortitude. And they don't lack determination, even when they are threatened, criticised and misunderstood, they don't run away from the consequences of their actions. They are never violent, or abusive. They never look for praise or thanks. They are not trained soldiers, they are not criminals; they are everyday people with an extraordinary amount of passion and courage. I think we should all honour them for that.

When you feel discouraged and disheartened with humanity, when you feel that all around there seems to be corruption and war and violence, you can look at Greenpeace and know that there IS good in humanity. There are people who are trying to make a difference, find the truth - there are good people on this earth. Greenpeace are not the only ones, but they ARE inspirational.

So thank-you Greenpeace. Thank-you for your courage and honesty, for your determination and passion. You're leading the way.

121: When you first started posting, despite a difference in opinion, I thought you'd probably be the kind of guy who I'd happily sit and have a beer with and discuss the issues. Since your posts turned to: 'idiots, childish, irritating fly, you might need a grown up to help' etc, I've changed my view.
I have volunteered with Greenpeace for many years, and believe it or not, I have managed to hold down a job through all those years, its tricky but possible if you feel strongly enough.
We're used to haters and ranters, it's something we expect. I am not involved with this action, so I can't answer your questions about the operational aspects of this particular action (nor am I able to speak for Greenpeace, just myself) but I have seen how these things are planned. A lot of serious thought, expertise and training goes into it, safety being paramount. Also, I like to be challenged on my views, that's healthy, provided it's a rational discussion. I think that's why you have had very little response to your posts. Blindly following is not something I believe in, nor have I met anyone in the organisation who would. I would not continue to be involved if I believed Greenpeace were reckless and had no integrity. Your comments increasingly show assumption and ignorance, its a shame but as I said, not unexpected.
Thanks for taking an interest though and helping to stimulate thought on such an important issue.
KD

You started the abuse by calling me a troll.

I will not waste my time by even replying to your hypocritical, childish post.

You make some very good points but I still feel that high profile protests such as this are necessary to keep these important issues high in the public consciousness and to pressure governments into making the radical decisions that are needed to stop our relentless destruction of our planet and the ecosystems that keep us all alive and healthy.

Yes people are changing their habits and adopting more eco-friendly ways of living. But these slow changes are not enough. We cannot tackle this problem by simply encouraging people to turn off lights or not use their car as much; we need radical change in how we live our lives and how we interact with the planet! These big changes can only happen from the top down. Look at what happened at Copenhagen - governments are not listening to mild persuasion and sound scientific advice!

At the end of the day it all boils down to greed and money. Don't fool yourself that oil companies are using more and more environmentally friendly procedures and technologies because of their conscience! They are only doing it because the legislation says they must. If they can find a way to cut corners to save money they will.

The UK government likes to think it is a forward thinking environmentally friendly government but that is nonsense. Our public transport is a joke and one of the most expensive in the world. People are not being encouraged to stop using cars. More and more roads are being built, causing more and more damage to our countryside by fragmenting important habitats and isolating our already impoverished wildlife as well as leading to more and more cars on the road and increased emissions.

Our governments need to send out a message that it is not acceptable to continue drilling in wildernesses such as the arctic which are fragile ecosystems of incalculable importance to us and our planet.

Time is something we don't have.

Thanks for your honest response.

I see what you're saying about it taking time for things to change, but I feel we're running out of time, so as far as I am concerned, Greenpeace were right to do what they did.

However, I don't expect everyone to agree with me, your opinion belongs to you.

Still so grateful to you Greenpeace, and looking forward to hearing your next moves!

We have not yet seen significant protests against the oil industry in Greenland. And Greenland polulation have huge tradition to diskuss in media.
With regard to climate change and what happens in Paksistan there's probably some truth . I would say that Greenlanders who live in so beautiful natur is probably one of the biggest environmental activists on the ground. Strange it can not be friens with a green organization, but actually and naturally could have been the greatest friends , for nature's sake.

Now Greenland is not just green in name, but in what it does, with over 75% green energy in form of hydropowerplants (including the hydroelectric plants that are under construction and no swap land here), and with new initiatives to store excess energy to hydrogen energy for supplying places where there is no hydropower, and whwn electric carscome , solar energy etc. is one of the first countries in the world with roughly 90% of the energy supply provided by green energy not long from now. Great praise for Greenland. The world must know that .One environmentalist greatest friend (in theory).
Greenland are a milestones in front from many countries and is now one of Greenland's responsibility to ainpirerer rest of the world to go to the same green trail. Greenland is in effect a large green activist in large scale.
And not 1 animal in cage and doped with medicine. A large proportion of the population nly animals catsht animals who have live all there lives out in the amazing nature of Greenland.

"Thanks also to the trolls, realitycheck121/saynotogreenpeace for becoming increasingly shrill and hypocritical, as all trolls do when they get little or no response" Now now there is no need to be name calling to others that dont share your opinion. Having a different opinion is healthy for debate and to move forwards as what a boring world it would be if we all thought the same!

Keep up the good work realitycheck121 I'm sure you're the pride of the 'Big Oil lobby' by now. Put your head back in the sand while you're at it, I'm sure nobody likes looking at it anyway.

You did not stop the drilling program for 2 days. The operation was suspended for a couple of hours (see other blogs from rig) whilst the situation was assessed. Rather like pausing to swat an irritating fly. Absolute PR disaster for Greenpeace with over 80% of blogs (see other sites, SkyNews/BBC etc etc) being against your childish and dangerous actions. Hope to see some video of you disappearing over the horizon in your rust bucket of a vessel with your tails firmly between your legs. Apart, of course, from the 4 idiots you have left behind who will be enjoying Greenland for a few years more due to their criminal activities. And once again I would like to point out that there have still be no answers from Greenpeace to the questions raised in several blogs on this site regarding the safety and planning for this illegal action. Very, very damning indictment of your ill conceived, dangerous and poorly planned antics.

We need to use less oil. We're using more. Protests like these are a necessary part of bringing attention to this.

If no-one highlighted the problems caused by human greed where would we be? Would women have a vote? Africans be in slavery? A stand must be taken. The huge cost of extracting the last oil from our planet would be far better spent in developing renewable energy. The ideas are out there - they just need money spent to develop them. It's a shame that Grrenpeace have to go to these extremes, but nothing would get done otherwise. It will doubtless take decades to reduce our dependance on oil, but the clock is ticking and we need to make a better start now.

I am happy that greenpeace decided to call off the attempt at sabotage for safety reasons. I do not agree with what they have done but I do commend them only in this instance that safety is and always should be a priority. However by climbing that rig and staging a sit in protest was in violation of various saftey systems that have been put in place to protect the enviornment, equipment and above all else the lives of those involved in the drilling operation. For that Greenpeace will pay a heavy price if not done so already. As much as Greenpeace protests about drilling for new oil, I wonder if any of them have visited a functioning oil rig before. If they have they may be surprised by the amount of care they all have for the environment and the lengths that they go to to reduce our impact. All oil rigs theses days follow a strict recycling and waste seperation policy and non compliance in this which this results in fines. All rigs have a very very strict policy on 'nothing goes in the sea' that could potentially cause any harm. Chemicals that are used offshore are always being replaced with new more environmentally friendly ones even if they are less functionable for the job than the more hazerdous ones because its the right thing to do for people and the environments safety. I think if Greenpeace actually understood the lengths that oil companies go to to be as environmentally friendly as possible then they might not attack the companies so much but the users of the end product. They are only drilling for oil as the world demands that they do. They are listening to 6billion people screaming oil oil oil not some crazed bunch of eco-terrorists. As always the oil industy learns and unlike many other industries it learns fast. The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, almost as soon as it happened, taught them that it can not rely soley on 1 piece of equipment that would shut in the well in should the worse happen. BP got it wrong, seriously and gravely wrong but from that it and other oil companies learned that there needed to be a further 'back-up' should that equipment fail. Within a few months various drilling standards (Norway, Denmark etc) were re-done and updated to impliment this need for a second barrier. It costs more but in the long term the view that is held is that it lessens the chance of another GOM of happening. Shouldn't that be encouraged? The oil industry does care about the environment very much and tries its absolute best to reduce the impact it has even if costs are increased but as I said they are there only because the demand is for them to be there. More people than ever drive cars often on journeys that could quite easily be done on foot. Why not do a massive and sensible campaign about that? Why not do a campaign about using more public transport or lobbying for a reduction in the cost of public transport so that more people are inclined to use it. Why not campaign for more imports of electric cars and infrastrtucture for charge points around the country? We buy what is around us, what is supplied to us in supermarkets, shops and such like and try and make informed choices. Some people can not make these choices due to budget constraints but if more products were avaliable to them then maybe they would. Dont bash the oil industry, its only the tip of the iceberg work bottom up not top down if you really want to make an impact.

To some of those who criticise Greenpeace, I would like to know, what exactly are you doing to prevent deep-sea drilling? Are you standing up for our environment, for our right to have a say on what happens to our planet? Please do constructive criticism, tell everyone what you are doing to help. If you are not helping in any way, then I feel that you should at least suggest alternative ways of protesting. If you cannot suggest alternative ways of protesting, then I feel it really is only representing yourselves as being like Cairn and its followers. Cairn are the type of company that gladly gamble with something that does not belong to them. The Arctic belongs to all creatures and people on this planet, and those still to be born. It is proven scientifically and spiritually that our planet has a particular eco-system, in which the Arctic ice plays an intrinsically important role. It is not enough to just say "I told you so". We have to act, now. And yet the majority of people do not know the severity of the situation and the governments fail to have the courage to act. Despite this, some very brave people from Greenpeace stand up for what is right, speak up on behalf of everyone and those who cannot speak with a human voice and risk themselves for the sake of our environment: they have courage and professionalism and fortitude. And they don't lack determination, even when they are threatened, criticised and misunderstood, they don't run away from the consequences of their actions. They are never violent, or abusive. They never look for praise or thanks. They are not trained soldiers, they are not criminals; they are everyday people with an extraordinary amount of passion and courage. I think we should all honour them for that. When you feel discouraged and disheartened with humanity, when you feel that all around there seems to be corruption and war and violence, you can look at Greenpeace and know that there IS good in humanity. There are people who are trying to make a difference, find the truth - there are good people on this earth. Greenpeace are not the only ones, but they ARE inspirational. So thank-you Greenpeace. Thank-you for your courage and honesty, for your determination and passion. You're leading the way.

121: When you first started posting, despite a difference in opinion, I thought you'd probably be the kind of guy who I'd happily sit and have a beer with and discuss the issues. Since your posts turned to: 'idiots, childish, irritating fly, you might need a grown up to help' etc, I've changed my view. I have volunteered with Greenpeace for many years, and believe it or not, I have managed to hold down a job through all those years, its tricky but possible if you feel strongly enough. We're used to haters and ranters, it's something we expect. I am not involved with this action, so I can't answer your questions about the operational aspects of this particular action (nor am I able to speak for Greenpeace, just myself) but I have seen how these things are planned. A lot of serious thought, expertise and training goes into it, safety being paramount. Also, I like to be challenged on my views, that's healthy, provided it's a rational discussion. I think that's why you have had very little response to your posts. Blindly following is not something I believe in, nor have I met anyone in the organisation who would. I would not continue to be involved if I believed Greenpeace were reckless and had no integrity. Your comments increasingly show assumption and ignorance, its a shame but as I said, not unexpected. Thanks for taking an interest though and helping to stimulate thought on such an important issue. KD

You started the abuse by calling me a troll. I will not waste my time by even replying to your hypocritical, childish post.

You make some very good points but I still feel that high profile protests such as this are necessary to keep these important issues high in the public consciousness and to pressure governments into making the radical decisions that are needed to stop our relentless destruction of our planet and the ecosystems that keep us all alive and healthy. Yes people are changing their habits and adopting more eco-friendly ways of living. But these slow changes are not enough. We cannot tackle this problem by simply encouraging people to turn off lights or not use their car as much; we need radical change in how we live our lives and how we interact with the planet! These big changes can only happen from the top down. Look at what happened at Copenhagen - governments are not listening to mild persuasion and sound scientific advice! At the end of the day it all boils down to greed and money. Don't fool yourself that oil companies are using more and more environmentally friendly procedures and technologies because of their conscience! They are only doing it because the legislation says they must. If they can find a way to cut corners to save money they will. The UK government likes to think it is a forward thinking environmentally friendly government but that is nonsense. Our public transport is a joke and one of the most expensive in the world. People are not being encouraged to stop using cars. More and more roads are being built, causing more and more damage to our countryside by fragmenting important habitats and isolating our already impoverished wildlife as well as leading to more and more cars on the road and increased emissions. Our governments need to send out a message that it is not acceptable to continue drilling in wildernesses such as the arctic which are fragile ecosystems of incalculable importance to us and our planet. Time is something we don't have.

Thanks for your honest response. I see what you're saying about it taking time for things to change, but I feel we're running out of time, so as far as I am concerned, Greenpeace were right to do what they did. However, I don't expect everyone to agree with me, your opinion belongs to you. Still so grateful to you Greenpeace, and looking forward to hearing your next moves!

We have not yet seen significant protests against the oil industry in Greenland. And Greenland polulation have huge tradition to diskuss in media. With regard to climate change and what happens in Paksistan there's probably some truth . I would say that Greenlanders who live in so beautiful natur is probably one of the biggest environmental activists on the ground. Strange it can not be friens with a green organization, but actually and naturally could have been the greatest friends , for nature's sake. Now Greenland is not just green in name, but in what it does, with over 75% green energy in form of hydropowerplants (including the hydroelectric plants that are under construction and no swap land here), and with new initiatives to store excess energy to hydrogen energy for supplying places where there is no hydropower, and whwn electric carscome , solar energy etc. is one of the first countries in the world with roughly 90% of the energy supply provided by green energy not long from now. Great praise for Greenland. The world must know that .One environmentalist greatest friend (in theory). Greenland are a milestones in front from many countries and is now one of Greenland's responsibility to ainpirerer rest of the world to go to the same green trail. Greenland is in effect a large green activist in large scale. And not 1 animal in cage and doped with medicine. A large proportion of the population nly animals catsht animals who have live all there lives out in the amazing nature of Greenland.