Some images from the Ανοιχτή Συνέλευση Κεφαλονιάς-Ιθάκης ενάντια στην Εξόρυξη Υδρογονανθράκων (Open Convention of Kefalonia-Ithaca against Hydrocarbon Extraction) sponsored event at Mythos held on 13th May 19.
Talking with some Greek friends who have attended these events some common perceptions are as follows;
- Strongly against Oil mining in Ionian Sea and the wider Greek seas
- Government not supporting Greece in banning oil mining in their country unlike other Mediterranean countries
- Promise to Greece of only 5% of any profit made from mining, the rest will go to mulitinational companies
- Should there be an incident caused by natural event e.g. earthquake the oil company will not be liable for any losses
- Will impact wildlife even without incidents
- Will impact tourism even without incidents
- Few Greeks will be employed for the operation of oil mining
- So far over 5000 signatures have been collected to fight hydrocarbon mining and the battle will continue
Image source FB page of Spiros Sakalis