Auto Protesters Have Nothing to Hide
Hundreds of naked cyclists rode past Big Ben and the U.S. Embassy in London to protest the West’s dependence on gas-guzzling cars.
Crowds watched about 100 cyclists leave Hyde Park Corner on a 6-mile journey that took them past Piccadilly Circus, Big Ben, Covent Garden and Oxford Street.
Some of the pedal-powered vehicles carried banners reading, “Oil is not a bare necessity but a crude obsession.”
“It’s a protest against oil dependency and car culture and the overuse of cars for unnecessary reasons,” said Chad Neilson, 24, one of the organizers of the event.
“There is too much pollution,” he added. “It stinks in London, and we use too much fossil fuel.”
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