STOP KYTHERA BECOMING A WIND-TURBINE DUMP!
click the map to enlargeApplications have been received proposing wind-parks on 10 sites on Kythera from 5 major corporations. Millions in long-term Greek government and EU subsidies are at stake. The island’s pristine nature will be spoilt and more harm than good done to the environment!
Many friends of Kythera, on and off the island, are working to prevent the construction of the turbines. You too can help by being well informed, making others aware of the situation, and by actively participating in "The Resistance". Funds are also needed to mount a legal challenge and also to pay for environmental studies which we hope will cause the EU to intervene. If you have environmental or technical expertise you can also help to formulate the arguments with which we can convince politicians and undecided islanders of the madness of what is being proposed.
"In 1998, Norway commissioned a study of wind power in Denmark and concluded that it has serious environmental effects, insufficient production, and high production costs."*
Don't like a natural Skyline? Pelagia could soon look like this:
Green Energy?
The construction of an industrial wind-generator requires as much energy as the generator produces in 2 years. Add to that the enormous amounts of energy needed to build new ports and roads to enable the huge structures to be transported to and on the island, and thousands of tons of cement imported, trucked and poured for the foundation of each wind-generator. Hundreds of kilometres of new cable and major power-masts are needed to connect them to the closest relay station in the central Peloponnese. Will the proposed industrial wind-stations on Kythera ever produce enough energy to cover what they required to be set up and maintained? Is it worth the visual pollution of two-hundred towers to find out?
Wind power stations are no parks. They are industrial and commercial installations. They do not belong in areas of natural beauty. And although many people find them majestic, that is no argument for putting 200 of them on Kythera, just as it would be inappropriate to construct 200 Statue of Liberties (also considered majestic) on the island. And who will clear up the mess when most of them are useless wrecks in 20 years? Does it really make sense to tackle one environmental problem by instead creating another? Join The Resistance.
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