Hello all,
You might not get to
read all of these in one sitting but they are all worth reading.
From Save Ratheniska
and regarding the Pylons that are to run from Kildare to Cork via Waterford
but that Eirgrid claim are just to upgrade the National Grid:
This Grid 25 project
is NOT about local need and domestic supply as EirGrid keeps claiming. We've
done 4 years of research and joined some very big dots. Grid 25 is about
exporting wind power. This government's plan will destroy our landscape and
lives with pylons and turbines, turning Ireland into Europe's biggest
Industrial wind farm. For those of us who are farmers and IFA members, it's
time for us to wake up. IFA has been actively 'advising & assisting'
farmers with contracts for wind turbines. Since their involvement, they are
proud to tell us that the number of contracts signed has gone from 200 to over
2000. IFA knows how this wind power needs to be transported - through 400 kv
lines. As farmers we have a duty to protect our landscape, and certainly not
allow its destruction for private gain in the name of 'green' energy. Ireland has
already met its wind energy target so any construction from now on is surplus
to our local needs. The power demand in Ireland is reduced by at least 20%
since the boom when this plan was put in place, so why the need to double the
grid? This debate is so much bigger than the overground versus underground
battle. We have to Question NEED for the projects and at what cost to all of
us.
Sinn Féin Mountmellick – Serving The
Community
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