Quite a number of people have contacted me over the last few days in response to my first two posts on "Standing up to 'The Man'"; where of course Marfrig is The Man.
The feedback has concentrated on three areas, (i) the threat posed by monopolies to our local beef and poultry farmers, the people who see the threat fear for their livelihoods; (ii) InvestNI's apparent predisposition to throwing huge amounts of money at foreign companies like Marfrig; while legitimate local firms are shunned; (iii) environmental issues in other parts of the World, including the problems raised in the article below where Marfrig and other South American beef processors are linked to the destruction of the Amazon.
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/forests/slaughtering-amazon-20090529
It is great to know that the company is already on Greenpeace's radar. We will reach out to them over the coming weeks.
At the same time, it has to be said that the threat to our environment and drinking water supply stemming from discharge of large volumes of warm water into Lough Neagh seems uniquely pointless.
Even if the incineration was the desired route, the plant could be located somewhere where the waste heat is put to good use, as in last week's article on alternatives. Dumping all that heat is an economic crime as well as environmental vandalism.
Best,
Danny
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