It seems that my letter on the Braes of Doune has upset James Adamson (February 10). I can certainly sympathise with the plight of those unfortunate enough to dwell in the midst of urban deprivation and consider myself privileged at not requiring to do so.
But my adversarial comments, in common with many other contributors', are not directed towards a single wind farm, but to the ever-increasing diminution of Scotland's unrivalled scenic beauty. Especially when even the greatest proliferation of wind farms, including that of mainly theor-etical wind and wave power, would not even look at our future green energy requirements. In a factual world, there is, at present, no realistic alternative but modern nuclear electricity generation plant, if our future clean energy demand is to be met.
As for Mr Adamson's description of other contributors, apart from myself, as being "letter-writing whingeing cohorts", and in view of his own particular diatribe, I would just like to say to him: "Welcome to the club."
Frederick Jenkins, The Lodge, Burnton, Kippen.
JAMES Adamson is missing the point, and is not comparing like with like. What is happening with wind installations across the UK is that the taxpayer is being fleeced by handing over very large subsidies to the energy companies for inefficient technology, and the environment is being ripped and ruined by steel, concrete and new roads. It's a huge scam, we're paying for it and that is worth making a fuss about.
Donald Maclean, Braemar Grove, Dunblane.
WHEN James Adamson attacks Frederick Jenkins's complaint about wind farms on the Braes of Doune, acerbity gets in the way of logic. According to him, Mr Jenkins's view is a lot nicer than Mr Adamson's view of "concrete greys and cheap brick yellows", and therefore he has nothing to be aggrieved about. But, just maybe, Frederick Jenkins realises that nothing is sacred in the land of the Philistines if the price is right, and today's wind farm is tomorrow's gaming dens and supercasino. Mr Jenkins and other letter-writing whingers of his ilk should be defended for putting up a fight. And, who knows, maybe James Adamson didn't - and see what he got.
Morag McKinlay, 36a Weir Street, Falkirk.
I ALWAYS enjoy letters from people who have a knowledge of their brief and who can enlighten the readers as to things that are often outwith their ken. For me, Nick Dekker's letter (February 10) falls into this category and, if his facts are correct, must surely cause concern to many taxpayers.
If Scottish and Southern Energy has altered, massaged or fiddled its figures to produce the results he quoted and is receiving subsidies based on these figures, this must surely be fraud. If the figure of £60m per year in subsidy is accurate and is projected over even five years, this is a huge hole in our national budget.
Perhaps in an independent Scotland we could have some kind of department that could look into scandals like this and name and shame the guilty parties.
Jim Gibson, 26 Bleachfield Road, Selkirk.
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