WE live in a society wherein the corporate sector is expected, indeed
required, to maximise short-term gain for the immediate benefit of
shareholders and not necessarily for the good of the country and its people.
Thus I have to reluctantly admit that, within this context, the
determination of Scottish Renewables to maximise its members’ income from
onshore wind subsidies is understandable even if there is no evidence from
objective sources that current policies are founded on the most
cost-effective strategy for reducing CO2 emissions, creating local jobs and
promoting inward investment.
The turbine, in its relentless march across our land, is a symbol not of
the fight against climate change but of the supremacy of neo-liberal
economics. What is more, given the SNP Government’s wholehearted support
for the economics of such an energy strategy, I cannot but wonder if things
would be any different in an independent or quasi-independent Scotland.
John Milne,
9 Ardgowan Drive,
Uddingston
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