I don't know how much media attention it got outside the Puget Sound but we have had the same crowd up here in Seattle protesting a Shell Alaskan oil drilling ship/rig that was at the Port of Seattle for a few weeks for repairs. As mentioned these folks lack some logic. It just makes no sense for a group of people that want to stop all oil usage now to paddle out into the water in their (plastic, a byproduct of oil) kayaks to try to halt the ship. Seems like they should stop using all oil and oil products first before demanding that the rest of us stop.