Their weapon: a grain of cereal placed in the valve. SUV deflators took action again this week in Toulouse. During the night of Wednesday to Thursday, south of the Pink City, they targeted 90 vehicles by deflating their tires, except those with a doctor’s logo or PMR reports. Before leaving, they did not forget to leave a leaflet on the windshield of these vehicles to explain their approach.
“We want to see these particularly polluting vehicles stationary, we recall that the most negative individual behaviors for the climate are correlated with high purchasing power and we plead for a legislative framework for these vehicles”, indicate these environmental activists. who have decided to return to civil disobedience.
“They are to be banned”
By deflating these tires, they believe they are acting locally, SUVs representing according to them “the second cause of increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the world between 2010 and 2018, according to the international energy agency ” .
“They are to be banned for excessive consumption: not very energy efficient because of their weight and their poor aerodynamics, they consume 25% more gasoline than a normal car, and always more gasoline than minivans”, argues this collective, which wants the State to ban this type of vehicle.