Representation by John Shneerson
- Date submitted
- 4 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I object to this proposal for the following reasons: 1. Over its lifetime it will increase not decrease our dependency on other fuels. The energy costs to set it up are massive, with batteries and panels being imported from China, on top of which are the decommissioning energy usages at the end of its life. Added to these are the energy costs of importing the food that would otherwise have been grown here on this land. 2. Loss of food security for the UK. This is good quality vegetable growing land which has been productive for many years. We are seeing what the loss of energy security is doing to this country at present and should avoid Sunnica taking us down the same road with food. 3. Loss of biodiversity. It is bizarre of Sunnica to claim the opposite. This project is anti the preservation of our ecosystem. 4. Health dangers. The battery energy storage compounds will be close to human habitation and will release poisonous gases if they catch fire. People will die from this predictable risk, which on the precautionary principle, should not be undertaken.