So, it goes a little something like this:
Björk, in Canadian periodical Maclean’s Magazine, says ‘Companies owned by Ross Beaty have a bad reputation for breaking serious humanitarian and union laws in South America‘ and also ‘He has said that geothermal energy lasts for 1000 years. This is not true. It lasts about 50 years. Geothermal plants work similarly to mines, you drill and then there is only a limited amount down there. When magma’s current 65-year deal is over, the hole will be empty.‘
Ross Beaty’s company Magma Energy then threatens Maclene’s with a defamation lawsuit, Maclean’s retracts/censors interview. Thing is though, Otto at IKN did some research and Beatty founded and chaired Pan American Silver (PAAS) in Peru…not so much with the mine safety, 24 deaths in last decade in Peru alone [update Otto informs me since his original post it is now 25 deaths, grim]. So we can deduce, once again, the law is being used by those with wealth and power to stifle legitimate comment upon their lethal shortcomings. Subsequently-
In conversation with the Grapevine, Björk said, “I don’t think Magma’s qualms are about their reputation in humanitarian rights. That’s more likely a ruse.”
Björk thinks Ross Beaty is more likely concerned about her statements regarding geothermal energy not lasting for thousands of years.
Maybe so but both are worthy of attention rather than being memory holed. Below is the original Maclean’s interview as this is another whack-a-mole/Spartacus freedom of speech issue where blogs have to do the work the fourth estate has abdicated-
