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<blockquote data-quote="Hayman" data-source="post: 370423" data-attributes="member: 52867"><p>"like for instance the beach El Confital in Las Palmas which is prone to biological contamination and Las Canteras beach where there's recurring marine life microplastics problem mainly due to tourism industry" - the biter bit. All over the world, the lure of tourism destroys/replaces local local industries and local cultures with what the cynic might call hedonism - accommodation, entertainment and 'tourist activities' to satisfy the desires of people with a lot more money than the people whose villages and small towns become the likes of Acapulco and Benidorm. I should know. My parents were, in a small way, responsible for how south Devon was changed by increasing numbers of visitors in the 1950s. And I have left my footprints and my money in scores of countries around the world. With the same urges as countless explorers and travellers have had over millennia. </p><p></p><p>As for the way electricity is generated on Las Palmas, the amount needed is directly related to the size of the tourism industry. And the small size of the island cannot hide the connection between the power plants and the hotels, pubs and restaurants; plus the 13 million passengers that flew in and soon after out in 2018. And the 'carbon footprint' to manufacture and construct the Arinaga wind turbine farm was hardly 'net zero'. As for the supposed ecological benefits of electric cars . . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hayman, post: 370423, member: 52867"] "like for instance the beach El Confital in Las Palmas which is prone to biological contamination and Las Canteras beach where there's recurring marine life microplastics problem mainly due to tourism industry" - the biter bit. All over the world, the lure of tourism destroys/replaces local local industries and local cultures with what the cynic might call hedonism - accommodation, entertainment and 'tourist activities' to satisfy the desires of people with a lot more money than the people whose villages and small towns become the likes of Acapulco and Benidorm. I should know. My parents were, in a small way, responsible for how south Devon was changed by increasing numbers of visitors in the 1950s. And I have left my footprints and my money in scores of countries around the world. With the same urges as countless explorers and travellers have had over millennia. As for the way electricity is generated on Las Palmas, the amount needed is directly related to the size of the tourism industry. And the small size of the island cannot hide the connection between the power plants and the hotels, pubs and restaurants; plus the 13 million passengers that flew in and soon after out in 2018. And the 'carbon footprint' to manufacture and construct the Arinaga wind turbine farm was hardly 'net zero'. As for the supposed ecological benefits of electric cars . . . [/QUOTE]
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