Bloggers become a chain for renewable energies

by Letizia Palmisano

Since 10th February in Italy a chain of bloggers has been developing to defend the deductions for renewable energies. Growing phenomenon born about one year ago by the will of a group of people who met or it’s better to say, got caught into a net of common interests.

«The first chain of ecologist blogs was born in Lombardia Region (but thank to the lack of borders of the web people from al lover Italy joined ndr) against a murdering-parks law then retired», Roberto Codazzi, nickname Kuda, the one who keeps the ties of the chain, explains. «Following that positive experience we tried to launch it againg about the topic of anti-crisis ordinance of December, famous for the VAT cut to TV channel, but that in reality foresaw a way to boycott the deductions system in favour of operations for energetic efficiency».

The chain is “simple”: a topic is introduced and all joining people, updating, banners are published. In this way many people, associations etc., called with the name of their blogs, met, and knew each others. Between information and petition, these chains made possible that a series of information, just touched on by few media, got a wider echo and they could involved a bigger number of people than the only supporting signature.

«To that chain (about the anti-crisis ordinance of 2008, ndr) more than 120 blogs joined». Kuda continues to explain. «And that time we won. Since that time when there are some important legislative decisions many blogs are engaged to put the public attention on environmental topics».

Currently with the risk that the deductions for renewable energies for the present and the future, become just a memory of the past, bloggers are in action again. The rush started from the “virtual meetings” on Facebook, other point of aggregation and spreading, and now the supporting cause has overcome 5700 assents.

«The new chain takes again our original goal – Kuda claims – to preserve the deductions of 55% because into the last years we have realised they are the best system to stimulate the energy saving and the economic field of restructuring also against moonlighting. Deductions are risking to disappear by the end of the year. For this reason an amendment has been addressed to the decree that asks its extension until the 2012. We are asking senators to approve it».