Emulate growth that’s sustainable

Published: 21 Mar 2010

The Prime Minister recently said that the Commonwealth meeting was more successful than the conference in Copenhagen regarding the environment. One would think that the present administration was green or eco-friendly. If this is the case the Honorable Minister of Public Utilities has not gotten the Memo.
It seems we are due to start construction on a power plant in the wetlands south of Barataria, which in itself is not eco-conscious. We are building a fossil fuel power plant up wind from the capital city, powered by natural gas and or diesel. I guess the berm will protect the Beetham residents from the pollution but what about the unfortunate people at Sea Lots and the rest of Port-of-Spain.

Mr Minister what about putting up wind turbines that run on free, non polluting energy? If you are worried that the wind will run out then we can use the natural gas as a back up since we apparently have infinite reserves of natural gas. Why do we only emulate developed countries when it comes to Napa, Government hotels and the leader’s official residence? Why don’t we emulate the progress and innovations of sustainable development rather than the post card infrastructure? Either way this is just another contradiction that the administration is so prominent in demonstrating. Name given Via-e-mail Source: http://guardian.co.tt/commentary/letters/2010/03/21/emulate-growth-s-sustainable