Solution to General Knowledge Crossword No. 853

community benefit of £15,000 a year whereas £5,000 per MW per year might be more realistic nowadays.

A few years ago when guiding a group of foreign visitors experiencing the vista from the top of the Wallace Monument, one of them asked me: “Why are you doing this to your beautiful country?”, for which the investors in London and China clearly have an answer.

Surely I am not the only person who feels that there is something far wrong here?

John C Hutchison, Fort William.

A STUDY by environmental groups says that none of the Scottish councils that have declared a climate emergency has stopped investing its pension funds in fossil fuel (“Councils invest millions in fossil fuel firms despite climate fears”, The Herald, February 23).

These environmental groups tell us that renewables such as wind turbines can replace fossil fuel, but how do they propose that the raw materials needed for them are to be extracted from the ground without diesel-powered machinery? How will these materials be transported across the seas without oil-powered ships? How will the necessary steel be produced without using coking coal? How will turbine blades be made without fossil fuel products? How will finished turbine parts and transmission cables be transported and erected without diesel-powered trucks and cranes?

ACROSS: 1, Postern. 5, Remiges. 9, Chinwag. 10, Guienne. 11, Apron. 12, Sassafras. 13, Down under. 15, Felon. 16, Amour. 18, Narcissus.

21, Blackwood. 24, Chawl. 25, Trident. 26, Alannah. 27, Handler. 28, Hot seat. DOWN: 1, Pochard. 2, Skid row. 3, Edwin muir. 4, Negus. 5, Registrar. 6, Maida. 7, General. 8, Stetson. 14, Dunnottar. 15, Flip chart. 16, Ambatch. 17, Ovation. 19, Slainte. 20, Silk hat. 22, Knell. 23, Death.