Monday, August 06, 2007

It's CRAP But It's Great


You just know that the people behind the Cairngorms Revolt Against Pylons just have to have a sense of humour, but there's nothing funny about what they're fighting - the obliteration of vast tracts of beautiful Scotland by mega-pylons.

Power company lawyers arguing in favour of giant pylons through the Cairngorms National Park are having their fees paid by us, the electricity consumer - they're picking up an estimated £10,000 a day for appearing at the Beauly-Denny inquiry. That cash comes out of OUR electricity bills - companies have even demanded a price increase to pay for their inquiry costs.

Cairngorms Revolt Against Pylons (C.R.A.P.) is fighting to keep pylons out of the National Park. Pylons that are 7-times bigger than you see on the A9.

Campaigners argue that they should - Bury the pylons - London can do it...

In less than two years London has spent £70million ripping down 52 giant pylons obstructing work on the 2012 Olympic Games site and burying the cable in a 12km tunnel. Beauly-Denny power companies have been caught time and again exaggerating the cost of putting power cables underground - increasingly standard practice in Europe, the USA and Australia. Scottish and Southern Energy reported profits last year of £1billion.

THE OLYMPICS WILL LAST JUST TWO WEEKS.
PYLONS IN THE CAIRNGORMS WILL LAST FOR OUR LIFE TIMES.

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3 comments:

Colin Campbell said...

Thanks for drawing my attention to this Richard. I have spent many good times in this part of Scotland and the imposition of ugly metal structures does not really sit well with me. I will be writing a blog article on this.

Where is the proponents public information? Interested to see their rationale for proposing this.

Richard Havers said...

Hi Colin

Go to the FAQs here

http://www.scottish-southern.co.uk/SSEInternet/index.aspx?pageType=10&hideRightCol=1&id=109

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