Romania: Mosna fracking fairy tale - 2013 (24 images)

Fracking is about fairy tales. First and foremost of course about the old tale of everlasting non-renewable energy sources. Just as in fairy tales you don't have to think too much about the future, so let's just shake it with endless micro-explosions and inject countless dirty chemicals into the ground. And of course you don't have to think about lengthy permits, contracts or negotiations, you just go about it. That is why the exploration company Prospectiuni SA decided to cover the lands...
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Fracking is about fairy tales. First and foremost of course about the old tale of everlasting non-renewable energy sources. Just as in fairy tales you don't have to think too much about the future, so let's just shake it with endless micro-explosions and inject countless dirty chemicals into the ground. And of course you don't have to think about lengthy permits, contracts or negotiations, you just go about it. That is why the exploration company Prospectiuni SA decided to cover the lands around the Transsylvanian fairy village of Mosna with their orange cables and rock the place with hundreds of explosions. What they simply missed was the fact that most of their cables covered the property of mighty prince Willy. (Willy Schuster is actually not a prince at all, but a German-Romanian eco-farmer who has returned to his old homeland to take new steps in agriculture. But this is another fairy tale.) Being properly raised and educated Willy first turned to the administration and the police for help. But to no avail, they were already part of the evil spider web themselves. In the end Willy had to call out for help. And they came from all over the country, the famous grassroot dwarfs, and together they freed Willy´s fields from the sticky orange cables. The whole village, even the animals jubilated. And just as in fairy tales everybody is sure the evil spider is gone forever.
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