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"CO2 is the main cause of climate change, 56% of energy in Chile is produced by emitting this gas. The water is clean energy. In favor of the water. Hidroaysén Chile with energy. " This is the most attractive and convincing spot that opens on the site of Hidroaysén , a company that calls itself "the largest project energy of Chile was founded in 2006 with the purpose of generating "considerable potential for clean and renewable energy" today is the subject of strong criticism from civil society of the Latin American country has taken steps to say no to mega project involves the construction and management by Hidroaysén five hydroelectric power stations, two in the Baker River and three on the Pascua River.
We are talking about two of the most important rivers flow ' water flowing in the Chilean Patagonia and are fed by glaciers Campo de Hielo Norte y Campo de Hielo Sur. Charming neighborhood as inhospitable, which - excluding the poles - has the largest amount of water of the globe, but also a wide variety of animals and plants that maintain a unique biodiversity in the world and - according to the environmentalists of the campaign - would be completely lost if the project was actually built, forever changing the look of one of the areas, so far, the most pristine on the planet.
For this campaign Patagonia sin represas - composed of about 70 organizations - has called all over the world to defend this area at the edge of the world, appeal which was accepted by a network of Italian organizations (including A South and CRBM , Campaign to Reform the World Bank) which served as the Italian countryside Patagonia without dams .
no coincidence that Italians need to mobilize to defend the water, and Patagonia. The fact is formed Hidroaysén Colbún for 49% and 51% owned by Endesa, a English company that is headed by Italian Enel (Company Profile in.pdf ) che la controlla per il 92% che a sua volta è partecipata per il 13,7% dal Ministero del Tesoro e per il 17,4% dalla Cassa Depositi e Prestiti: insomma lo Stato italiano,cioè noi comuni cittadini la controlliamo per oltre il 31%. Già questi dati dovrebbero bastare a renderci responsabili per un progetto che sta minacciando una delle risorse più importanti del pianeta. Ma se non dovesse essere sufficiente basta andare un pò più a fondo alla questione per scoprire che in realtà il Green Power , tanto reclamizzato dalla nostrana, Enel in realtà nasconde solo grandi affari economici .
It is taking advantage of a country like Chile, which is still doing the deal with the democratization of institutions and a constitution of neo-liberal left a legacy of the bloody dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, it is easy to understand which does not provide any kind of protection for the environment. But there's more: the end of the dictatorship of the top political offices and businesses are easily interchanged as told by the documentary "All the water the world", aiming to protect big business. The proof is the fact that the current president of Chile, Sebastian Piñera è - secondo la rivista Forbes - uno dei più ricchi imprenditori del paese, proprietario della compagnia aerea Lan e di canali televisivi. Il tutto a spese delle categorie più deboli della società e dell'ambiente.
Questione molto controversa è poi la campagna mediatica che sta conducendo la società Hidroaysén ma anche il governo cileno. Si fa credere alla gente che il Cile abbia bisogno di più energia e che questo megaprogetto sia l'unica soluzione. In realtà uno studio condotto da esperti del settore energetico dell’Università Santiago ( in.pdf ) presented in mid-2009, demonstrates that the project Hidroaysén is not a necessity. According to estimates by the National Energy Commission of Chile's energy needs in 2025 will amount to 22,736 MW.
The study examines all generation projects already approved by government agencies and these are added other projects already in the environmental assessment that will lead the national power generation capacity to 23,080 MW, an even greater potential of the Commission's estimates. The motivation seems to be closer to reality instead of all this energy is necessary for large companies - often multinational - which deal with mining in the north . Above all, the copper mines - of which Chile is the biggest exporter - as San Esteban known to all the bad adventure - fortunately with a happy ending - of the 33 miners nearly three months in the bowels of land near Copiapo.
HidroAysén The project in fact has nothing to do with the local population as well as the five dams also provides a network for the transport of energy in the north, over 2000 km long and it will cost 3.2 billion dollars. None of the 9 regions impacted by the project will benefit from the electricity produced. HidroAysén only provides a discount on your energy bill, but is now looking to increase benefits for the population in exchange for a non-opposition to the project.
The construction of large infrastructure such as dams seems follow a well-established strategy for power generation in sparsely populated areas, home to historically marginalized communities, which have undergone foreign invasion, and exterminating the local population are now planning the exploitation of environmental, social and cultural. Fate already befallen the Argentine side of Patagonia reduced to an endless grazing sheep wool (also here Italian liabilities there ) interspersed only by oil and gas wells.
The Italian campaign at the Patagonia without dams International Day against Dams of March 14, calls on all Italian citizens actively sending and by sending a postcard with the message "OUT OF PATAGONIA ENEL" CEO of the company. Fulvio Conti. A simple gesture, but not insignificant to make our voices heard. A good example of active citizenship.
( sent to Unimondo )
The Italian Campaign Coordination Patagonia Dams without consists :
Campaign to Reform the World Bank to the south, the International Civil Service, Latin American Studies Association, Cultural Association Aktiv, Italian Forum of Water Movements, Associations and our rights, the Italian Committee for the World Water Contract, Center for International Voluntary Service for Development Cooperation, Centre for Documentation on environmental conflicts.
Source: http://www.unimondo.org/
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