Berkeley (USA) Fossil Fools day Action

brekely action at: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/01/18490064.php

A global day of action had been called for April 1, The traditional
April Fools Day. This year the Rising Tide Network called for people to
hold Fossil Fools Day actions to protest the burning of fossil fuels
and the global WARming that comes with it.

One person called
our attention to this idea only a few days before the event. With a
couple emails, a flier and a sign making party we were ready. Twenty
people on bikes came and attached signs and flags to their bikes.

We rode around town and announced that a draft had been started for
more troops to Iraq, that the polar ice caps are fine, that Americans
can continue a lifestyle of consumption and that everything was OK.
April Fools. We wished everyone a "Happy oil war."

We stopped
at numerous gas stations and three car dealerships, all within a
preposterously small area. We rode through and put up stickers and
created moments of chaos to symbolize the political and environmental
chaos that the unabated burning of fossil fuels creates.

The
action was fun and exciting and done with a minimum of effort. While it
was small, we all left ready for more in the future.