Electric dreams

were married on 10 February 1840 and visited Taymouth in September 1842 as part of their first visit to Scotland.

They enjoyed a very happy married life for 21 years but I do not think the honeymoon lasted for two and a half years, as described in your item.

SANDY MACPHERSON Swanston Avenue, Edinburgh I am grateful to Mike Robinson for his Scotsman 200 article about the need for electric cars in Scotland (24 July). Grateful since his statistics show how futile the green mantra is.

He states that there are 2.6 million vehicles on our roads in Scotland and that in 2016 only 132 electric vehicles were sold. Yes, and most of those would be local authorities flaunting their green credentials at taxpayers’ expense.

There are 36.7 million vehicles in the UK and 251 million in Europe. The total in the world is more than 1.2 billion and forecasts say that this will be 2 billion by 2035. In developing countries the majority will be “dirty” diesel engines.

Scotland has 0.13 per cent of global emissions and is insignificant in influencing the world and other countries’ ever growing emissions.

Mike Robinson says: “Technology remains a legitimate response to climate change, alongside behaviour change and efficiency”.

I suggest population control would be more beneficial.

CLARK CROSS Springfield Road, Linlithgow The cherry picking of wind statistics from “independent conservation group” WWF continues unashamedly as they use their valuable donated resources to help promote the wind industry. Luckily the consumer is beginning to realise what nonsense it all is.

Firstly, WWF says wind supplied