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The author reflects on issues related to a protest by around 1,200 people at Heathrow Airport in London, England on August 19, 2007 regarding the government policy in relation to the converging crises of climate change and peak oil. According to the author, the British government is actively promoting the need for a third runway at Heathrow while also saying that the country is going to cut emissions of carbon dioxide by 60 percent over the next 43 years. He comments on the use of anti-terrorism laws against the protestors.