alt Hacker News> The National Trust, which owns the land, has previously warned pilgrims not to do so, as the area is ecologically sensitive, but it seems that people still do so.
Ah okay, laying a few stones is ecologically sensitive, but if a billion dollar company wants to dig up the entire beach for a cable, that's not a problem.
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Especially in the case of the UK which famously permits seabed trawling in the Marine "Protected" Areas.
https://oceandesk.org/destructive-bottom-trawling-occurs-in-...
We need heroes like this: https://planetwild.com/missions/21-underwater-sculptures-ita...
Beaches are extremely dynamic environments and can heal in ways that other areas can't.
Maybe the company has at least made committments to restore it to the way it was after?
I have literally never heard anyone associated with the environmental movement say:
"This area is ecologically insensitive. I'm not too worried what you do here."
Until they define some map or scale of what "ecologically sensitive" means, I put zero weight on that statement. It's meaningless. They say it about everything because it is their job to do so.
Humanity collectively benefits by having electrical infrastructure so there can be more of us who can accomplish more things. I'm so sick of these effectively Original Sin arguments dressed up as pretending to care more about some fish or shore birds than about your fellow humans. I'm not sorry for existing, and I want lots of cheap power :)
Yeah, isn't it crazy how that works?
There's some open space near my house with a fenced off area saying to stay on trail to protect the ecosystem, but of course oil and gas companies can drive their trucks through to setup fracking rigs.
> Ah okay, laying a few stones is ecologically sensitive, but if a billion dollar company wants to dig up the entire beach for a cable, that's not a problem.
The billion dollar company is monitored by ecologists and other professionals to make sure they build things according to environmental impact laws and follow their permits (e.g., after digging, restoring the top soil, etc).
Randos moving and stacking stones, especially in large numbers, may alter habits for (small) animals and cause erosion:
* https://www.ausableriver.org/blog/leaving-no-trace-rock-stac...
* https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/conservation...
* https://www.nps.gov/articles/rockcairns.htm