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BP fuels Greenpeace

Jane B | 06.03.2013 20:37 | Climate Chaos | Energy Crisis | Ocean Defence

Do as we say, not as we do.

'Fill her up please!'

Just before she left Auckland at the weekend Greenpeace’s motor yacht Rainbow Warrior III filled her tanks – with BP’s diesel.

Jane B

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Critical information is missing from article.

06.03.2013 21:07

This COULD be a valid criticism OR it could be a case of "true but misleading" propaganda.

Critical information missing ---- there was some other supplier of diesel fuel for ships in the harbor that would be preferable on moral grounds? Unless there was another (better) source of fuel they did absolutely nothing wrong. Or do you suggest that having come into port there and needing fuel to leave they should instead abandon the boat?

Understand what I am saying? Put up or shut up. Having left out information about their alternative choice for diesel is suspicious.

MDN

dumbasses

06.03.2013 21:22

Wow - it runs on diesel?

And there i thought it just ran of goodwill, peace and harmony

Science 101
Big ship => need fuel to make it work

wow

Erm!

07.03.2013 00:32

How do you know that it was filling up the Rainbow Warrior?

Its hardly clear from that picture. Its just a picture of the RW in proximity to a BP tanker.

And even if it were true, What else is the RW supposed to run on...Whale oil!!!

BP'er

& we all thought they ran their engine on virgin oil

07.03.2013 11:05

if this was nearest fuel station then whats the fuss?, be nice if it ran on hydrogenated biodiesel,from oil not fit for human consumption, but Iam sure most of greenpeaces public transport using supporters will be fine,ta

Will

The bigger question…

07.03.2013 14:07

Is not why Greenpeace was using BP but why the Rainbow Warrior was not helping Sea Shepherd confront the Japanese whalers. It arrived in Auckland on 7 January and could easily have assisted. The Esperanza was also not that far away and spent the New Year and all of January in a dock in Singapore before heading towards Sri Lanka.

Jon

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