Much ado about so very little – Herald (Letters)

DESPITE more than five million trees felled to make room, Hundreds of miles
of bulldozed tracks, our finest landscapes trashed by multinationals, giant
pylons scarring our beautiful countryside, Drumochter Pass completely
vandalised, thousands of tons of concrete dumped on our fragile upland
ecosystems, millions of birds and bats needlessly slaughtered, wind farms
visible from 60 per cent of Scotland, tourists deterred by industrialised
landscapes, the highest energy bills in Europe, countless millions extorted
from the poorest bill payers, multinationals and landowners trousering
millions – despite all this, during our coldest night so far, when we need
power most wind’s contribution to the National Grid, to the nearest round
figure is zero (precisely 0.15 per cent).

George Herraghty,
Lothlorien, Lhanbryde, Moray.