| "We call for the immediate launch of Zwentendorf nuclear power plant,” the group’s Web site proclaims. “Austria’s populist, alibistic, unecological politics must stop." |
Zwentendorf, AustriaÂ’s only nuclear power plant, has been inactive since its completion in 1978, when Austrians decided in a public referendum they would prefer not to launch it. Start Zwentendorf (SZ), an open-source community that operates through an online wiki site and has no organizational hierarchy, claims to be a partner organization of AustriaÂ’s Stop TemelÃn, an anti-nuclear group. The latter has for years been a vocal opponent of the Czech RepublicÂ’s TemelÃn nuclear power plant, organizing border blockade demonstrations to protests a perceived lack of safety measures.
SZ says the inactive Zwentendorf is more harmful to the environment than TemelÃn since it means Austria must generate its electricity from other, less ecological sources, such as coal-burning power plants.
| more at the link. This group understands the new media and is using satire, Wikis and a savvy media campaign for (gasp) un-PC aims. |