apple Greenpeace activists invade Apple HQ & get arrested

[-Alex-]

Earlier this morning, Greenpeace launched a full offensive against Apple's Cupertino headquarters. First, in the middle of the night, they projected messages onto the main fa?ade of Infinite Loop. Later, they placed an Apple-branded pod right on the door, inside Apple's property.

You can see the pod in this image. Inside the pod there were two people wearing "iPhone costumes." O course?when you protest against Apple it's either that or spinning rainbow beach ball costumes.

Their whining didn't last long. Cupertino's police came into the scene and arrested them. Apparently, they were "broadcasting audio messages from people around the world to Apple's employees and executives". Messages protesting against Apple's usage of electricity produced by coal-fueled thermal power plants for their cloud servers.

Well, I'm not a fan of Greenpeace but I've to agree completely with them on this one: Apple should stop using coal and use nuclear power instead.

But, seriously, I've two questions about this. The first: how the hell did they manage to get the pod right on Apple's door? I've been there many times and, the moment you stop to take a photo or anything else, a guard will come to tell you that you can't stand there.

And the second question: who the hell is driving that Ferrari?

Police grabs the Greenpeace activists.

Projection of tweets against the fa?ade.

Source: Gizmodo

[Ently]

I thought Apple was the "eco-friendly" company?

[resol612]

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:( faith in humanity: gone

[-Alex-]

Greenpeace activists invade Apple HQ & get arrested: 1 comment

Greenpeace activists invade Microsoft HQ & get arrested: 97 comments (HOT!)

:( faith in humanity: gone

To add insult to injury, I was the one who sent in the news tip via the Contact form (I do quite often)... no mention of that though! :p

Edit: Ah, I missed the 'Microsoft' the first time round reading that, I thought you were referring to this article being republished on the front page.

[FloatingFatMan]

I thought Apple was the "eco-friendly" company?

Apple are the antithesis of eco-friendly. They quite intentionally don't use eco-friendly procedures as they increase costs and reduce profits.

As for Greenpeace... I hate Apple, but I hate Greenpeace more! Chuck em all in a woodchipper and use em for fertilizer. Goddam tree huggers.

[Growled Member]

As for Greenpeace... I hate Apple, but I hate Greenpeace more! Chuck em all in a woodchipper and use em for fertilizer. Goddam tree huggers.

My sentiments exactly.

[spenser.d]

I thought Apple was the "eco-friendly" company?

Thought so too, but I guess I wouldn't really know.

One of many cool things about the company I work for, the entire 60+ acre campus is heated and cooled almost 100% geothermally and as soon as they flip the switch on what will be the largest solar farm in WI, it'll be covering some 14% of electricity with more development to come in areas like biomass and possibly wind. More here... http://connectverona.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=4111

[resol612]

To add insult to injury, I was the one who sent in the news tip via the Contact form (I do quite often)... no mention of that though! :p

Edit: Ah, I missed the 'Microsoft' the first time round reading that, I thought you were referring to this article being republished on the front page.

Oh haha yeah, I saw it on the front page too. Do they usually not credit people for news tips?

[Phouchg]

Putting oneself in a pod, just waiting to be caught, must be the stupidest idea for protest of all time. Someone must have had their leg tied to a bicycle and then dragged over cobblestones as a child.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Apple should stop using coal and use nuclear power instead.

There are similarly protest groups who would do the same over nuclear power.

Greenpeace activists invade Apple HQ & get arrested: 1 comment

Greenpeace activists invade Microsoft HQ & get arrested: 97 comments (HOT!)

:( faith in humanity: gone

Your "faith in humanity" is based around who comments on what tech news? You need more going on in your life :(

I thought Apple was the "eco-friendly" company?

Think about why you believe this? Glass building and white packaging suggest a sentiment of being "clean and transparent", but the company is far from it. Again, I will say Apple market themselves well!

As for Greenpeace... I hate Apple, but I hate Greenpeace more! Chuck em all in a woodchipper and use em for fertilizer. Goddam tree huggers.

Them and PETA can go to hell as far as I'm concerned. They are more about self-publicity than anything of any moral value.

[123456789A]

I'm surprised they weren't protesting the Ferrari.

[Calum Veteran]

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As for Greenpeace... I hate Apple, but I hate Greenpeace more! Chuck em all in a woodchipper and use em for fertilizer. Goddam tree huggers.

Yeah, caring about the environment and doing things that cause no harm to ensure the Earth lasts longer (thus, the human race lasts longer) is a terrible thing. Humans shouldn't do it. /s :)

Why do you hate Greenpeace?

[-Alex-]

Oh haha yeah, I saw it on the front page too. Do they usually not credit people for news tips?

Sometimes... doesn't bother me too much! :p

[Miuku.]

Why do you hate Greenpeace?

I personally don't hate Greenpeace but I feel that their activity is inefficient and ultimately pointless.

Other less vocal groups have done much more for the environment and eventually companies and governments are forced to invest and develop more efficient energy sources in face of the sheer reality that the resources are slowly dwindling and cannot be sustained as the population grows. Greenpeace tend to claim that due to their activity companies and individuals are taking steps to improve their environment but in reality we were doing it on our own long before they came around or did anything about it.

In short, they're making a lot of noise but have very little to show for it.

[FloatingFatMan]

Yeah, caring about the environment and doing things that cause no harm to ensure the Earth lasts longer (thus, the human race lasts longer) is a terrible thing. Humans shouldn't do it. /s :)

Why do you hate Greenpeace?

It's not their message, it's their messengers and the methods they use.

[Phouchg]

I despise human race as a whole. They're irrational, self-contradicting, delusional, self-righteous and arrogant species. I don't want them to have future, especially on my expense. :shiftyninja:

[Calum Veteran]

I personally don't hate Greenpeace but I feel that their activity is inefficient and ultimately pointless.

Other less vocal groups have done much more for the environment and eventually companies and governments are forced to invest and develop more efficient energy sources in face of the sheer reality that the resources are slowly dwindling and cannot be sustained as the population grows. Greenpeace tend to claim that due to their activity companies and individuals are taking steps to improve their environment but in reality we were doing it on our own long before they came around or did anything about it.

In short, they're making a lot of noise but have very little to show for it.

Them making a fuss is still better than nothing, in my opinion :) It still drums up interest in the cause. Of course, if other organisations are doing more for the cause, it's up to the donator to decide who best to donate to, but everyone should be thankful that Greenpeace are at least campaigning and protesting, in my opinion.

It's not their message, it's their messengers and the methods they use.

Which messengers and what methods do you disagree with? I feel that as long as no one is being harmed, everything is fine. But you might be able to provide examples of methods that aren't fine.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

IF Greenpeace's agenda were this "let's save the planet" nonsense they hide behind, then fair play.

But it's not. It's pure self-publicity for the organisation and those concerned. They do as much damage as they do good, and are often labelled as eco-terrorists due to the tactics they employ.

Look at the damage they did to the coral reef, how their ship spewed pollution, etc... They seem to attract the type that are just looking for a protest.

[FloatingFatMan]

Which messengers and what methods do you disagree with? I feel that as long as no one is being harmed, everything is fine. But you might be able to provide examples of methods that aren't fine.

I could list all sorts of things (like Nik has above), but you're far more likely to believe me if you spend a little time with Google/Bing and look yourself. I did that once with Mother Teresa, and it was quite an eye opener! ;)

[n_K]

They break into nuclear power stations and protest about them...

If those that did that got radiation poison and died out in the fields I wouldn't really care, but the amount of disruption they do.

Half of greenpeace wants nuclear power, the other half wants to get rid of it, and I bet the latter half were those protesting at apple using coal power.

[FloatingFatMan]

They break into nuclear power stations and protest about them...

If those that did that got radiation poison and died out in the fields I wouldn't really care, but the amount of disruption they do.

Half of greenpeace wants nuclear power, the other half wants to get rid of it, and I bet the latter half were those protesting at apple using coal power.

99% of the morons in Greenpeace can't even spell nuclear, let alone actually understand it. If they did, they'd know full well that modern power stations are far safer than current coal powered ones.