Not so super

What a disgrace, once again the Highlands are being humiliated (“Outrage at bid

to build tallest on shore turbine son Lewis ”, The Scotsman 1 st May).

The multinational soft he wind industry must think the folk of Lewis and Stornoway are utter fools.

To subject our much- needed tourist sand our incomparably- beautiful Hebrides to over 90 656ft “sup er” turbines that would do minate the landscape for miles around is simply not accept- able. Why should island folk have to suffer giant turbines that should be offshore?

The farcical industry claims that larger turbines are more “efficient” could not be further from the truth. Current turbines’ blades have been tweaked, over many years, to the nth degree, but the inexo - rable laws of physics demand that all that can now be done is to make the turbines even larger, even more damaging, even more space consuming, even more unsightly and, with blades that travel in excess of 200mph, even more lethal to wildlife.

Remember what happened to the“once in a lifetime” visit by the white-throated needle tail felled by the Harris wind turbine, in front of horrified birdwatchers in June 2013. Bang go any plans for eco- tourism.

Far from boa sting about super turbines we are in reality being subjected to yet another load of whoppers from the wind industry! GEORGE HERRAGHTY Lothlorien Lhanbryde

Elgin Moray