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FTA: >Protesters from the No Mose group tried to disrupt the test but police stopped them. The article doesn't elaborate on their motives at all but does anyo

by Jerry2 6y ago

FTA: >Protesters from the No Mose group tried to disrupt the test but police stopped them. The article doesn't elaborate on their motives at all but does anyone know what they were protesting? The cost? The corrouption? Surely not the function of the system itself...

myself248 6y ago
Or just protesting because they're bored and feeling unfulfilled, and opposing something makes them feel alive?
dewiz 6y ago
Future maintenance costs; environment impact; actual effectiveness once water level raises in future; excessive realization costs and corruption.
dan1234 6y ago
There’s a Wikipedia article about MOSE, seems like cost, corruption and environmental impact are all factors. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSE_Project https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSE_Project
raverbashing 6y ago
"Environmental impact" To me it makes as much sense as protesting against 5G but anyway
Udik 6y ago
Unfortunately it's a cultural trait in Italy that people prefer to have been right all the time rather than working together for a common goal. The MOSE project was heavily criticized from the beginning for a variety of reasons, ranging from the basic physics principles on which it works, to the engineering details, to the effects on the lagoon's ecosystem. It is generally claimed that there are cheaper "other methods" to achieve the goal of protecting the city from high tides, but it's not clear which they would be, how effective they would be, and what would be their environmental and visual impact. In any case, a protest from the group opposing the construction of the MOSE on the day of its general test is absolutely ridiculous. These people cannot possibly be asking for anything concrete, they just hope that something will go wrong so they'll be able to say that they've been right all the time, Venice be screwed.

by Jerry2 6y ago

myself248 6y ago

Or just protesting because they're bored and feeling unfulfilled, and opposing something makes them feel alive?

dewiz 6y ago

Future maintenance costs; environment impact; actual effectiveness once water level raises in future; excessive realization costs and corruption.

dan1234 6y ago

There’s a Wikipedia article about MOSE, seems like cost, corruption and environmental impact are all factors. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSE_Project https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSE_Project

raverbashing 6y ago

"Environmental impact" To me it makes as much sense as protesting against 5G but anyway

Udik 6y ago

Unfortunately it's a cultural trait in Italy that people prefer to have been right all the time rather than working together for a common goal. The MOSE project was heavily criticized from the beginning for a variety of reasons, ranging from the basic physics principles on which it works, to the engineering details, to the effects on the lagoon's ecosystem. It is generally claimed that there are cheaper "other methods" to achieve the goal of protecting the city from high tides, but it's not clear which they would be, how effective they would be, and what would be their environmental and visual impact. In any case, a protest from the group opposing the construction of the MOSE on the day of its general test is absolutely ridiculous. These people cannot possibly be asking for anything concrete, they just hope that something will go wrong so they'll be able to say that they've been right all the time, Venice be screwed.