Climate protests

sir – Extinction Rebellion is oblivious to the leadership Britain is showing in reducing carbon emissions.

Buckinghamshire, for example, has won funding from the Government for experimental work on smart lamp posts made from recycled plastic, road surfacing that will generate energy from moving vehicles and roadside sensors that collect data on traffic movements and guide driverless cars.

Rather than paralyse London (report, October 8), Extinction Rebellion would be better off supporting Britain’s role at the forefront of new technology and reserving its energy to take on worse culprits, such as China and India. Patricia Birchley

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

sir – Having spent two weeks with my soldiers guarding the perimeter of Greenham Common in the Eighties, I sympathise with the underlying motives of both the peace protesters then and the Extinction Rebellion movement now.

However, the disruptive actions of the former achieved nothing, and I predict the current protests will only aggravate law-abiding members of the public – whose support will be lost – and tie up the valuable resources of the police.

Lt Col Jeremy Prescott (retd) Southsea, Hampshire

sir – One assumes Extinction Rebellion’s threat to shut down London includes Parliament.

Let’s hope they can keep it going until October 31. Or will it be ruled unlawful? Simon Warde

Bognor Regis, West Sussex