What is it about the anti-fossil fuel left that attracts oddballs to their cause? Particularly pipeline protesters, who tend to engage in theatrics and (frankly) make silly asses of themselves. The protesters certainly don’t channel the gravitas and command respect of someone like Gandhi. They’re more like Mr. Bean or the Three Stooges–just not as funny. In June 2021, four protesters erected a large wooden duck structure in the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in Giles County, Virginia. The fools connected themselves with pipe (called a “sleeping dragon”) that caused police officers to spend around seven hours to get them unconnected. Three of the four were just convicted of trespassing and given suspended jail sentences. All three were from out-of-state (i.e. Big Green paid protesters).
