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Article link: British campaigner urges UN to accept ‘ecocide’ as international crime by Juliette Jowit, The Guardian
Dear All
First in the dock should be the promoters of the so-called saver bulb; each one contains between 3 and 7 milligram of a mercury compound powder. Most of these bulbs end up in landfill sites and in a decade from now there will be an estimated 100 million of these bulbs in the dumps, adding some 300 kilogram of irrecoverable mercury compound to the ground water all around the world. In further decades ahead, this will cause mental diseases for which there is no cure, as all ground water will be contaminated already.
Second should be the promoters of windfarms. Besides destroying rural countryside by digging cable trenches, laying roads and creating noise pollution, these towers have been proven to kill large birds by the thousands. It has also been extensively proven that not one single fossil fuel powerplant has been closed as a result of the intermittent and unreliable supply of electricity off these towers. In the final balance, windfarms add carbon footprint.
Third should be the promoters of so-called bio-fuel. It has been extensively proven that the total energy requirements to produce bio-fuel is greater than the resultant “carbon savings” made by not burning fossil fuels. It has also been extensively proven that bio-fuels do not give as much power per unit of mass as fossil fuels and cause corrosion to engine parts. In the final balance, bio-fuels add carbon footprint.