Coal fired power plant.
Mr. Wong Tac, the president of the Sabah Environmental Protection Society ( SEPA ) has strongly objected to the construction of the controversial coal-fired power plant at kampung Sinakut, a kilometre away from Sahabat Resort in the Dent peninsula within the District of Lahad Datu. In this beautiful and unspoilt location where the sea is teeming with corals and marine life, Mr. Wong said that if this project proceeds, then the fishes and other living organisms, corals, etc. would be destroyed ( Daily Express issue of 1 October 2009 ).
This vast salt water biodiversity which took million of years to evolve would forever be gone in a matter of moments. Imagine the huge amount of chlorine pumped everyday into the sea by an injection process to prevent barnacles from affecting the function of the plant's condenser pipe network submerged undersea which are used to cool it. Also affected are animal and plant life on land as this power generator would be discharging powdery ash like substances that can kill and destroy such fauna and flora.
It would be foolhardy and suicidal to implement such a venture which might even bring about climate change in Sabah. Thus causing diseases connected with cancer of the lung, skin, etc. Just think, the quantity of this powdery substance that would be suspended in the air and falling on trees, plants, vegetables and fruits. Polluting them. And causing death or seriously damaging the organs of the body when eaten.
The alternative is to use solar, wind or hydro power which are evironmental friendly rather than coal. Every Malaysian has the utmost responsibility in ensuring that all power generation used must be non-polluting. Otherwise, we would have failed in our social duty of keeping our country permanently green and helping her to survive into the next century.
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