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Old 05-10-2019, 04:34 PM   #1
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Default Men & their machines: Dutch Farmer protests

For those of you who love seeing tractors make the world burn, I've got a treat for you. This week we were amazed to see Dutch farmers effectively shut down a city in protest.

Highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E3SLVJCLc8

https://twitter.com/Paploo968/status...35290943197184

News:

https://www.dw.com/en/netherlands-fa...ams/a-50665750

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49891449

We're looking at about 1100 kilometres of traffic jam caused in the Hague by tractors slowing and blocking strategic roads. The government did try to stop the incoming tractors, some driving on the beach to go around the roadblocks, some just going through fences and over parkland.

Why were they doing it?

The government had threatened legislation aiming to drastically reduce nitrogen emissions from the farming sector (hang on, nitrogen is an inert gas?!) - which would mean for the farmers, having to halve, or completely cull their livestock herds.

Naturally, they got in their tractors and went on a rampage.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/boeren?lang=en

Incredible to see!
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Old 05-10-2019, 05:19 PM   #2
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For those of you who love seeing tractors make the world burn, I've got a treat for you. This week we were amazed to see Dutch farmers effectively shut down a city in protest.

Highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E3SLVJCLc8

https://twitter.com/Paploo968/status...35290943197184

News:

https://www.dw.com/en/netherlands-fa...ams/a-50665750

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49891449

We're looking at about 1100 kilometres of traffic jam caused in the Hague by tractors slowing and blocking strategic roads. The government did try to stop the incoming tractors, some driving on the beach to go around the roadblocks, some just going through fences and over parkland.

Why were they doing it?

The government had threatened legislation aiming to drastically reduce nitrogen emissions from the farming sector (hang on, nitrogen is an inert gas?!) - which would mean for the farmers, having to halve, or completely cull their livestock herds.

Naturally, they got in their tractors and went on a rampage.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/boeren?lang=en

Incredible to see!
I would not think they are talking about nitrogen it makes up the majority of the atmosphere .
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Old 05-10-2019, 05:28 PM   #3
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Default Re: Men & their machines: Dutch Farmer protests

did you see the tractor crash in the first video at 50 sec.

speed was definitively a contributing factor.
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(hang on, nitrogen is an inert gas?!)
It's not actually. It's pretty damn close though.... but what has being inert got to do with anything? The problem is with nitrogen oxide pollution.
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Default Re: Men & their machines: Dutch Farmer protests

That makes me smile
In solidarity I'll be sure to hold up some traffic in my tractor this week.
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Reminds me of having to watch this at the movies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm77JG6d99M

Don't mess with tractors !
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They need more VT903 Steigers. Good on em.
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Must have been rent-a-mob.

Surely Dutch "farmers" "protesting" would just be a bunch of pot-heads getting stoned and pretending somebody cared.
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Thanks for the laugh
A tractor invasion was the last thing I was expecting to see today hahaha
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Default Re: Men & their machines: Dutch Farmer protests

Glad you enjoyed it.

I'm going to continue the agricultural disobedience theme, here is late last year in France:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyOAQCoHA4E

And:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXa_B3Hl38I


No one riots like the French, bless them.
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More tractor protests, here is Paris:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nt-Macron.html

Apparently Dublin also. Pics from 5000 German farmers protesting too.
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