Environmentalists working with Greenpeace were the ones who gave it this makeover

Jan 31, 2014 20:01 GMT  ·  By

High officials in Hungary are looking into the possibility of having the country become home to a brand-new nuclear plant. Greenpeace, whose members and supporters are by no means big fans of nuclear power, do not exactly approve of these plans.

Hence, this past January 30, some of them gathered in Budapest, and gave the city's Clark Adam Square an extreme makeover.

Not to beat about the bush, they turned this landmark into a giant nuclear symbol. They even snapped a few pictures of this art project of theirs, and one of them is available next to this article.

On its website, the organization details that, if built, Hungary's new nuclear plant would be located at Paks, i.e. a town in the country's central region. Greenpeace say that, should the country move forward with this plan to build a new nuclear facility, Hungary would probably lose its chance to switch to being more environmentally friendly by relying heavily on green energy sources.

The organization goes on to say that, as shown in a Greenpeace report issued back in 2011, Hungary can have as much as 75% of its energy needs met by renewables by 2050, provided that it agrees to invest in green energy schemes instead of nuclear power.

“The future energy needs of Hungary can be fulfilled by a renewable-based, decentralised system mostly built on Hungarian resources. The system could be built up gradually so that by 2050, 75% of energy would come from renewable sources,” Greenpeace writes on its website.

“If the politicians put Hungary’s Energy[R]evolution scenario in place, by the 2030s Hungarians would no longer face the risks of nuclear power plants, and wouldn’t depend on foreign sources of energy,” it goes on to argue.

This coming week, members of the Hungarian Parliament are scheduled to meet and decide whether or not giving the green light to plans to build a new nuclear plant is the right thing to do.

The environmentalists are asking that these high officials say “no” to the proposed nuclear facility, and instead have the country focus on investing in green energy sources.