No need for animosity
Sir, I am glad my letter (The Banner, July 30) has provoked Mr Mowatt to put his head above the parapet as there was hardly a cheep when I expressed some views last year. The installation of wind turbines is a huge subject for controversy and it is only by strong and consistent objections that some containment has been made. I have just learnt that the objections to the massive 100 wind turbines for Machrihanish Bay has won the day. The Machrihanish Wind Tower business is now owned by a South Korean firm CS Wind. It is the developers that really worry me.
Wind Farms are a multi billion pound industry and many people procure large sums of money to have them on their land. Would we like wind turbines on Pladda or fracking on Ailsa Craig. But money talks loudly, often at the expense of desecrating God’s countryside and wildlife. We have water, under-ground cabling and fresh technology to think about. Only by objections has the Holy Isle offered new proposals and the Ministry of Defence has to get new radar technology to distinguish between spinning blades and aircraft.
Scotland is set to be the world’s ‘most crowded’ country for wind turbines with nearly 3,000 at present. To me it signals a creeping death of our landscape so I make no apology for making strong objection. Where some people find wind turbines innocent, benign and attractive I find, when looking at the wider picture, they are money-driven, unattractive, inefficient, ecological killers with blade tips that spin over 100mph and a serious health hazard in many areas. I sincerely hope that should the project go ahead, the Buddhist Monks, residents and animals do not suffer from wind turbine syndrome which must be taken in to account. It can be a terrible affliction.
Discussions should be far reaching with concern for the next generation. Good to read of the collapse of wind turbines in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
So we all have views, without the need for animosity, and I look forward to the best conclusion possible to preserve the Holy Isle which is one of Scotland’s gems.
Yours,
Edward Jackson Glasgow