As has been said before in this column, the growing number of travellers in Iceland is a huge blessing for the local nature preservation movement. More and more locals are finally realising that untouched wilderness is a valuable resource on a planet that humans have treated with a terrible lack of respect.
It’s the pristine, rugged landscape that draws travellers to Iceland. By enjoying it in a respectful way they might help us keep our hinterland intact. That is an ongoing fight.
Landsnet, the company that operates Iceland’s electricity transmission system has now introduced plans to install overhead high-voltage power lines right across the central highlands. The lines would be suspended between huge steel towers observable from far away.
The visual impact would be devastating, totally ruining the experience of being in an unspoiled environment in a vast part of the central highlands.
It’s borderline insane that this idea is being entertained at all. Overhead power lines may be the lowest-cost method of transporting large amounts of electricity, but at the same time, the suspension towers are among the ugliest structures imaginable. Putting them up in an area previously untouched by the human hand is a certain way to kill the wild in our wilderness.
There is growing support in Iceland for preserving the central highlands in one big national park and for smothering plans for power lines and further dams in that part of the country.
We at Iceland Insider wholeheartedly back this idea. Whatever your nationality, you can too, dear reader. Please visit heartoficeland.org and sign the petition to keep Iceland’s central highlands unharmed.
As has been said before in this column, the growing number of travellers in Iceland is a huge blessing for the local nature preservation movement. More and more locals are finally realising that untouched wilderness is a valuable resource on a planet that humans have treated with a terrible lack of respect.
It’s the pristine, rugged landscape that draws travellers to Iceland. By enjoying it in a respectful way they might help us keep our hinterland intact. That is an ongoing fight.
Landsnet, the company that operates Iceland’s electricity transmission system has now introduced plans to install overhead high-voltage power lines right across the central highlands. The lines would be suspended between huge steel towers observable from far away.
The visual impact would be devastating, totally ruining the experience of being in an unspoiled environment in a vast part of the central highlands.
It’s borderline insane that this idea is being entertained at all. Overhead power lines may be the lowest-cost method of transporting large amounts of electricity, but at the same time, the suspension towers are among the ugliest structures imaginable. Putting them up in an area previously untouched by the human hand is a certain way to kill the wild in our wilderness.
There is growing support in Iceland for preserving the central highlands in one big national park and for smothering plans for power lines and further dams in that part of the country.
We at Iceland Insider wholeheartedly back this idea. Whatever your nationality, you can too, dear reader. Please visit heartoficeland.org and sign the petition to keep Iceland’s central highlands unharmed.
