Consider that fossil fuels are a large component of the materials (plastics) being used by the activists which make up the kayaks, vehicles & boats (burning fuels), tents, sleeping bags, fleece clothing, food storage containers, drysuits, lifejackets, mooring ropes, cell phones, computers, megaphones, etc (did i miss something?); and that the authorities response will be to corral the protesters using boats & vehicles burning fuels, radios, zip tie handcuffs, busses, etc, am I the only one not seeing the forests for the trees? How do the protesters rationalize their somewhat ironic presence?

However, to take no action and acquiesce to the status quo, is to be complicit with big energy's destruction of ecosystems and doom future generations.

Nice reductio ad absurdum Scandal Mgr.

There's another refinery on the Puyallup Reservation in the Port of Tacoma. It is arguably even more harmful because it's near a lot more people.

I don't care. We need the gas. So do you. And that tribe has not been fishing there for thousands of years. You present no proof of that far fetched assertion.

If all of the protesters who drove to Anacortes stop using Fossil Fuels and their multiple byproducts so will I.

# 1 and # 7 Agreed with all said. The hypocritical kayak nerds need to walk the walk. Literally, walk to Bellingham with your handmade kayak,( no epoxy or varnish) confront the crews who really don't give a shit about you and have nothing to do with the big picture as they are employed by Shell. This economy needs gas and diesel fuel, and lots of it. We certainly need to reduce carbon emissions from large trucks which is a happening and ridership on the transit systems is way up, good for Seattle!

I wonder how man natives work at the refineries?

@1, @7, @8 - Excuse me, how does being enmeshed in a society that is addicted to fossil fuels somehow invalidate the observation that we need to wean ourselves from that addiction?