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I think the idea is just to make it more expensive for them to continue, make it a little bit harder, thus making the less extreme options seem more appealing.
The hard, boring, effective work is thankfully already being done just by virtue of alternative energies being irresistibly profitable. The other stuff is just to encourage it to happen a little quicker.
...no, it's not. Not enough of it.
Stop being performative and go volunteer to coordinate a voter drive.
This requires choosing better targets for the protests.
People in this thread are arguing that any kind of violence or inconvenience automatically helps the cause. But no. We're just inconveniencing each other and distracting each other from... environmental issues.
The only reason to take part in protests that don't target polluters is to look cool for your friends.