Tourism worries over Krabi coal plant

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Tourism worries over Krabi coal plant
The Nation

KRABI: -- Local tourist business operators yesterday objected to a plan to build an 870-megawatt lignite-powered electricity-generating plant in Krabi's Nuea Khlong district.

Koh Lanta tourism association president Theerapoch Kasirawat submitted the petition to Chanwit Pholcheewin, an inspector-general of the Tourism and Sport Ministry.

The plan has passed three public hearings and was being considered by the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning.

The group claimed the plant would transport lignite coal on the same route as a diving trail and mangrove forests, posing a risk to marine life if an accident occurred. Such an accident would affect local fishermen and their 400 trawlers because consumers in central Thailand would not be confident of buying seafood products caught by them.

The group claimed the project's studies presented at the public hearings were also contradictory.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Tourism-worries-over-Krabi-coal-plant-30256762.html


-- The Nation 2015-03-26

[hemanrcr]

The answer is renewable energy---Here is our anti-fracking/big oil - pro solar energy song - Sunflower Serenade -

[Rykbanlor]

While I agree with this, there is a certain irony.

He complains about damage to the local fishermen's livelihoods - at the moment these local fisherman are illegally fishing in the national parks, destroying coral and wildlife.

[chrisbacke]

For all the anti-coal sentiment, I've heard diddly squat about anyone installing solar panels en masse anywhere in Krabi. Power blips are a several-daily occurrence, while outages aren't uncommon either.

There's already a pretty large off-shore thing as you head up the coast to Tub Kaek - you've really got to watch these <deleted>' trucks as they round corners. If this move puts these trucks off the roads, I'd be all for that.