The next plant Tesla in New Lionin northern Mexico, projected as the largest in the world, worries environmentalists of the region, which faces droughts and air pollutionas expressed this Thursday to EFE.
Ecologist Guillermo Martínez Berlanga and biologist Selene Martínez Guajardo, executive director of the Citizen Observatory for Air Quality of the Monterrey Metropolitan Area, asked for more information about the electric car plant, which was Tesla’s main announcement on its “Investor Day”. ” on Wednesday.
It is a fairly large plant, we know that before an installation of this caliber we have to have very clear information”,
indicated Martinez Guajardo.
“First, about the environmental impact statement, how it will impact or affect the space where it is located. The second is the issue of water, Nuevo León has already had an average rainfall of less than normal for several years,” he added.
The plant in the Monterrey metropolitan area, the second most populous in the country, will be installed even though President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had warned last week that he would not issue the permits due to the drought that the area is facing, where last year the water for human consumption.
Despite the fact that the president said on Tuesday that Tesla promised to support with water, Martínez Guajardo explained that in the face of the water crisis, the company’s water management will have to be analyzed.
And, of course, that they have treated water management, as well as the infrastructure to receive it”,
Indian.
The biologist opined that, if the environmental impact statement does not exist, citizens should demand it before the construction of the plant, which also faces the question of the energy it will use.
It will be necessary to review what the methodology or what the structure of this type of industry is going to be to generate its energy and, if it is not going to be self-generated, then where is it going to come from?
raised.
For his part, Martínez Berlanga pointed out that the Tesla issue is controversial and has many edges, although the positive point is the generation of jobs.
“Negative, we have the problem of water, pollution and the problem of roads. Since there has been no information regarding how much it will affect us, we go by the background of the company, ”he said.
He specified that the electric company have a record of environmental questions in United States, China and Germany.
He also pointed out that the American tycoon Elon Musk is a person who is not characterized by being a reasonable type or respectful of the environmental laws.
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