THE problem with Bernard Zonfrillo’s plea for the increased development and
use of electric-powered vehicles and transport (Letters, March 25) is the
potential shortfall in the availability of power to charge the vehicle
batteries.
Despite the huge cost to the public purse for specialist advisors, the
Scottish Government has no coherent policies for the development and
provision of electric power, distribution or storage, far less the
provision of green energy. During weather conditions such have prevailed
over recent days and of and on over the winter, we see shining white wind
turbines standing static on our hillsides while at the same time reading of
the increasing need to import electricity from England or further afield.
With the current proposal to close Longannet within a very short timescale
(“Crisis talks as power giants pull the plug on Longannet”, The Herald,
March 24) and no Government plan or proposal to replace its critical
function in terms of our energy demands, the future for such opportunities
is not promising.
Duncan Miller,
38 Middlemuir Road,
Lenzie.
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