German environmentalists set Tesla cars on fire in Frankfurt

The attack on a Tesla dealership in Germany, in the city of Frankfurt, resulted in the destruction of 15 cars burned in the fire.

With a touch of humor, we might be tempted to say that stupidity knows no… bounds. Even more so when it comes to activism and violence, as was the case in Germany where a supposedly environmentalist group found nothing smarter to do than set fire to a Tesla dealership parking lot. An act of utter stupidity that released a massive amount of toxic pollutants into the atmosphere.

According to local media, 40 firefighters were mobilized to extinguish the fire, which destroyed 15 Tesla vehicles, with damages estimated at over 500,000 euros. In an anonymous letter, the authors of this criminal act condemn Tesla’s exploitation of cobalt and lithium mines, accusing the American manufacturer of being one of the planet’s greatest enemies.

“The (Tesla. Ed.) company embodies like no other the ideology of green capitalism and the ongoing global and colonial destruction. Electric motors are constantly presented as the clean alternative. This is a cynical lie. Like other companies, Tesla exploits resources worldwide. The raw materials necessary for electric car batteries, such as lithium and cobalt, are mined under terrible conditions in Latin America and Africa. The excellent green paint (allusion to Tesla’s eco-friendly image. Ed.) is not enough; fossil fuels are necessary for transport and production. All of this is always linked to the oppression of indigenous communities, whose resistance must serve as a signal for us to act.”

The German police are now conducting their investigation, but environmental threats will only become more extremist over time. And all solutions to reduce fossil fuel consumption will never be enough in their eyes.

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