[Cerilly] NO TO XXL METHANIZER – Response to Dijon Céréales/Secalia – Dijoncter.info
On October 8, 150 people gathered in Cerilly (21) to protest against the ongoing construction of one of the largest methanizer projects in France. Stung the Dijon agricultural cooperative, at the origin of the project, reacts by justifying the project in a fallacious way. Collective MEGA digester, neither here nor elsewhere ! answers here point by point to dismantle the arguments of Dijon Céréale.
Here the first video of a series of 7, broadcast every two days, illustrating the press release which follows, and which denounces and dismantles the arguments of Dijon Céréale in favor of the methanizer project XXL of Cerilly.
We, peasants, committed citizens, are united against the crazy project of one of the largest methanizers in Europe, very close to Châtillon-sur-Seine.
This monster symbolizes agribusiness and green-washing. Farmers, some already in difficulty, cheated by this mirage, will become, on their diesel tractors, the small shadoks of an insane gas plant which will exploit and degrade the natural resources of a vast territory, without responding to climate issues. .
And it is public aid of all kinds that will make this project laudable ! So for the benefit of a few (Dijon Céréales, Nature Energy which belongs to Shell and its shareholders, etc.), you have to permanently sacrifice your campaigns, your places of life ?
We will give you some clarifications on the truth that we have restored, in the face of the lies of the promoters.
The mega-methanizer, a project that would not be dangerous for the environment:
FAKE ! The energy crop fields will be mowed in May, during the breeding season for wildlife (birds and small mammals) which will be seriously impacted. We also fear the degradation of water resources and soil pollution on the site, but above all by the very large-scale spreading of the digestate. And methane leaks, we talk about it ? Many accidents on recent methanizers are listed in France, resulting in water, air and soil pollution, all the more serious as the methanizer is large.
The mega-methanizer, a project that would not be dangerous for the environment:
FAKE ! The energy crop fields will be mowed in May, during the breeding season for wildlife (birds and small mammals) which will be seriously impacted. We also fear the degradation of water resources and soil pollution on the site, but above all by the very large-scale spreading of the digestate. And methane leaks, we talk about it ? Many accidents on recent methanizers are listed in France, resulting in water, air and soil pollution, all the more serious as the methanizer is large.
The mega-methanizer, a project that does not cause any nuisance:
FAKE ! The monster that will have to be fed by tractors and heavy goods vehicles will cause a significant increase in road transport. Nuisances (odors, noise and visual) on the site will be unavoidable. The real estate value of the surrounding villages will certainly decrease.
The mega-methanizer, a project that will not harm food security:
FAKE ! In a context of climatic vagaries, the production of CIVE (here fodder rye) on a large scale will harm the main food crops, sown in May. If necessary, grass and other main crops will be diverted for the biogas plant and will be missed by farmers. Soils will wear out. Finally, this commitment will permanently compromise any agro-ecological revolution of the territory and the emergence of quality agriculture intended for the local which brings the countryside to life.
The mega-methanizer produces a non-polluting digestate:
FAKE ! Its spreading on agricultural land scares soil pollution (risk of micro-plastics, pathogenic flora, bacteria, etc.) as well as water resources, particularly in kartisque environments, which is the case here, because of its porosity. .
The mega-methanizer, a project that supplies a positive green gas for the carbon footprint:
FAKE ! The principle of anaerobic digestion means that, for each tonne of methane produced, the plant simultaneously authorizes 2.71 tonnes of CO2. For the planned plant, this represents 370,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, not counting the CO2 issued to grow and transport grain to the factory, nor the CO2 which will be emitted during the end use of the methane (2.75 tonnes of CO2 per ton of methane burned).
The mega-methanizer, a useful project for the territory:
FAKE ! This elementary productivist project will only aggravate the death of our countryside (large soulless farms, degradation of the living environment…) for the benefit of a few…and not of the farmers involved in this project who will have to honor their untenable commitments to harvests under penalty of being even more indebted to Dijon Céréales. They share only a few crumbs of the entrepreneurs’ huge profits.
We series of ecologists against everything:
FAKE ! Our organizations defend in turn peasant agriculture, biodiversity and natural resources, ecological transition, social justice, the well-being of the population and the future of future generations. We find ourselves logically in the fight against this project largely financed by public money, and which will be destructive and a factor of poverty, for the territory, its peasants and its inhabitants.