Who are RAP

RAP (Residents Against the Plant)

Is a non-political protest group formed by Byley and Cranage residents in 1999, to oppose the building of Scottish Power's Byley Gas Plant. RAP represents thousands of local people, and is organised into an action group of about 60 volunteers, led by an Executive Committee.

RAP is official representative of the following local councils, to oppose the gas plant:

Allostock,
Brereton,
Byley,
Cranage,
Goostrey,
Holmes Chapel,
Knutsford,
Lower Withington,
Middlewich,
Sandbach,
Somerford,
Sproston,
Sweatenham.

RAP is fighting for everyone, not just Byley, not just Cheshire - because if Scottish Power can build their gas plant deep in rural England, and in contempt of local opposition, and the democratically agreed local plan,
then any monster, money-driven project could be planted anywhere.

RAP Executive Committee members shown:

Centre:
John Halstead, (Chairman) Chartered engineer, lived in Allostock and Cranage the past 20 years. Married with 2 sons.

At the back, left to right:
Dr Jamie Atherton, retired GP, worked with pleasure in the NHS for 20 years. Married with three daughters. Special interests: environmental care, a good book and a decent malt. He was sent ,as usual, to a public school where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to the university, where it was carefully taken out of him.

David A. Ord, BSc (Chem.), Management Consultant, has lived in Cranage for 10 years.

John Oakley, Chartered Electrical Engineeer of 30 years experience. Managing Director of an electronics company. Married with four children.

Dr John Edwards, (Press and Media Spokesman) Molecular biologist, worked 26 years for ICI Pharmaceuticals/Zeneca. Now freelance TV writer/producer. Married with one son.

THE POLLUTION RISK REMAINS

Scottish Power now say they will use electric powered compressors at the Byley Gas Plant, not gas turbine compressors.

They want you to believe this means the plant will be pollution-free. Well it won't. In the first place there will be 5 GAS FIRED BOILERS at the plant, pouring out pollution: greenhouse-gas carbon dioxide, and nitrogen oxides that will drop acid rain downwind of the site. Also there will be further pollution, produced at the power sites generating the power needed by the gas plant's electric compressors.

After that, don't fall for Scottish Power's second line of defence, which is to say that there will now be less pollution. They're like the vandal who says he's not going to smash all your windows - just some of them.

And remember that the only reason for this pollution is Scottish Power's profit.

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