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The former French environment minister has been ordered off the pistes of Alpe d'Huez by the local mayor. Serge Lepeltier was distributing pamphlets opposing the use of snowguns above the resort.
Lepeltier has formed a protest group called Valeur Ecologie, which opposes snowmaking because of its water consumption and use of additives to boost production. Snowguns are also heavy users of electricity and can generate high noise at night, when they are generally used.
This report from PisteHors.com.
Were you in Alpe d'Huez when this incident happened, and did you see one of the leaflets?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think he's right. Snowmaking is a scandalous and wasteful use of energy. I say the laws of natural selection should apply to ski resorts: no snow=goodbye.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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kevin mcclean, I think the natural law of 'If you don't live within 50kms of a resort and are part of the micro-economy then you can not ski' applies.
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That, Mr Evans, is a classic tactic of diversion which is designed not to meet a specific point but goes some way to assuaging a degree of annoyance you clearly feel!
Next non-sequitur please.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Actually, I agree with you Mr Evans about the skiing eco-warriors. That sort of stuff is really the preserve of middle class liberals who are in some sort of purgatory over their participation in the sport. What is laughable is the plethora of initiatives being instigated by the skiing industry to 'protect', 'preserve' and 'regenerate' the environment. This is nothing more than simple propaganda; a drop in the ocean of sustained environmental vandalism. If we're all so worried then why don't we simply stop skiing? But I suppose the damage to the Alps has already been done..........
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FAQ
I'm still working on what I'm annoyed about 
Think I was just being contrary for the sake of it - which I have a tendency to do when the winter sports'eco-warriors' appear. 
