Well said. Meth has fallen in to the old trap that because its some charity who has said something, then it must be true, because only governments have an agenda.
I joined the forum less than 24 hours ago. Give us a chance! But even if this is the only topic I ever start or contribute to, does that make it less important and less relevant to Cornwall?
I don't think asking to be presented with evidence (for or against the issue) can in any way be construed as seeking only opinions that agree with mine. I clearly stated that I'm willing to be convinced. If incineration is truly a clean way to dispose of waste and generate electricity it's bloody fantastic, and I'm all for it. So show me the evidence.
By constructive I mean not deriding, insulting or seizing on the most minor of asides, but responding to the core questions: is incineration as safe as 'they' say, have the alternatives been properly explored, practical and safe solutions to the problem etc etc. In short, a debate.
It stands to reason that Greenpeace and a manufacturer such as ALSTROM are at opposite ends of this argument. Duh!
As I know of no such investigation, it seems the obvious place to start informing myself about this issue would be to look at what both fors and againsts have to say and assume the 'working' truth lies roughly in the middle as a starting point, until I find the hard data, which I will do my utmost to do.
How on earth did you infer that from anything I've written? You have completely misunderstood. I believe I specifically referred to Greenpeace's agenda in an earlier post. Of COURSE they have an agenda - they're environmental activists for God's sake!
'Meth'
'Meth' - sorry Those quotes came from the site I mentioned to you earlier. They have very knowledgeable people on there about all things environmental - they may have info/ideas/opinions about the types of incinerators you and lys were talking about.
In response to the original posting by Mehitabel, yes there are some action groups in mid Cornwall that are fighting the plans by the county council to build a mass burn incinerator. There is CAIR at Roche and STIG at St.Dennis. I support their campaigns. How short sighted the CC is to embark on a 30 year contract of incineration. 30 years when technologies for dealing with waste will advance in terms of recycling and composting thus rendering a mass burn incinerator prohibitively costly because there will not be enough waste to burn. The outfall from this incinerator will affect people who live in a 25 mile radius so it will not just be the people of mid Cornwall that will suffer from this monster. The CC tell us that the emissions will be similar to those of a car exhaust but what they fail to tell us is that the emissions will be equal to 385 million miles of car exhaust. People of Cornwall it's time to stand up and oppose this scheme before it is too late. Do something now ! Don't Waste Cornwall's Waste
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. After all, we've both got Cornwall's best interests at heart, haven't we? Seems stupid to be fighting about it.
Those quotes came from the site I mentioned to you earlier. They have very knowledgeable people on there about all things environmental - they may have info/ideas/opinions about the types of incinerators you and lys were talking about.