Watch Leila give us a tour of the inside of the pod - the little survival station we've got setup on Chevron's anchor chain.
The pod has everything you need, bathroom, kitchen, hospital .. and housemates.
We'll get you updates from the pod as soon as we get them, follow us on Twitter, Facebook or GoBeyondOil.org for the latest.
-- James on the Esperanza
Great tour! Leila reminds me a bit of Briget Jones - reporting for Sit Up Britain in crazy places.
nice to see that you are enjoyed there :D
Is it not ironic that you are protesting oil industry drilling, whilst the pod and most of its contents require oil products to be produced?! You need to stop the "racing around in speedboats"/ pretending to be James Bond approach to making the world a better place and get down to the serious business of actually researching/developing greener energy sources. Be part of the solution! Guess that is not as exciting though as publicity stunts which endanger your own lives as well as those of the lifeboat volunteers who end up having to rescue you.
Greenpeace is not demanding that all fossil-fuel use cease overnight - if we were then your criticism might be valid. But we're not and it isn't - obviously we are all currently living in the oil age, where most of our fuel and a high percentage of the products we consume come from hydrocarbons and their by-products. It's practically impossible to avoid some sort of involvement with them.
Now, as we understand the science better, we can see that continued profligate use of these resources is storing up massive amounts of trouble for ourselves in the not too distant future - climate change and resource wars over dwindling oil reserves being the two major threats. So what are we supposed to do, exactly? Ignore the evidence and let the world sleepwalk to disaster?
Oddly enough, we've chosen to draw attention to the problems and show the world that there are other options we could choose, which can not only minimise the dangers posed by global warming but make us less reliant on imported energy and boost our economy by helping to develop a hi-tech clean energy industry. Wherever possible we use clean energy sources to help us accomplish this goal, but in the oil age in which we all find ourselves, there are many times when this is still not possible.
Joss
Online Producer
Greenpeace UK
