{"id":48884,"date":"2014-12-11T18:22:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T01:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/11\/the-future-is-renewable-the-nazca-lines-arent.html"},"modified":"2014-12-12T08:04:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T15:04:30","slug":"the-future-is-renewable-the-nazca-lines-arent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/11\/the-future-is-renewable-the-nazca-lines-arent.html","title":{"rendered":"The Future Is Renewable. The Nazca Lines Aren't"},"content":{"rendered":"

I'd love to know who in Greenpeace's Office of Showy Publicity Stunts thought that driving out to the Nazca lines in Peru and hiking into the middle of them, to put a sign on the ground, to send a "message" to a meeting whose delegates were going to be flying past, all the while causing irreparable damage to a World Heritage Site,<\/i> was a good<\/i> idea.<\/p>\n

While the dolts from Greenpeace managed not to actually scuff up any of the actual figures (in particular, this famous hummingbird), they did<\/i> manage to carve out some freaking pathways<\/i> through walking through the site (http:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/0WTMM<\/a> has a good image of that) — pathways that, given the geological nature of the site and the utter lack of rain in the area, will be there … um, yeah, pretty much forever.<\/p>\n

If anyone had bothered to do their homework, they'd have known that nobody gets to walk down there<\/i> unless with all sorts of serious authorization and<\/i> with special broad shoes to avoid scuffing up the terrain.<\/p>\n

Dolts. And worse. Both for the damage they'd done (idiots) but for discrediting anything having to do with their message about the environment, renewables, or anything else.<\/p>\n

Peru, according to the articles, is trying to make sure these yahoos don't leave the country, as they can be charged for the damage and given jail time. Which strikes me as perfectly appropriate..<\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazca_Lines<\/a>
http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/dec\/10\/peru-legal-action-greenpeace-stunt-nazca-lines<\/a>
Video showing the damage: http:\/\/elcomercio.pe\/peru\/pais\/lineas-nasca-marcas-dejadas-greenpeace-son-irreparables-noticia-1777541<\/a>
\nBefore: http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/2f\/Lignes_de_Nazca_D%C3%A9cembre_2006_-_Colibri_1.jpg<\/a>
After: http:\/\/time.com\/3627655\/peru-greenpeace-nazca-crime\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Isaac Sher<\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nGreenpeace activists damage Peruvian heritage site to send environmental message<\/a><\/span>
\nGreenpeace apologized to Peru today for placing a gigantic banner promoting renewable energy on the site of the Nazca Lines, an ancient heritage site, reports the BBC. The damage caused by the…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I'd love to know who in Greenpeace's Office of Showy Publicity Stunts thought that driving out to the Nazca lines in Peru and hiking into the middle of them, to put a sign on the ground, to send a "message" to a meeting whose delegates were going to be flying past, all the while causing … Continue reading “The Future Is Renewable. 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