Scotsman letters (2)

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Whilst I largely agree with Nigel Martin’s letter (Scotsman, 12 February), I would ask; where is the right place to put a wind farm? Not close to where people have to live with the noise and visual impact which results in their properties being devalued. Not close to wildlife who have their habitats destroyed. Not on deep peat which is a natural carbon sink. Not somewhere that private water supplies will be affected or a precious landscape desecrated; I could go on. The point is that no right place exists in Scotland. No, not even Whitelee Wind Farm on the Eaglesham Moor which many people think is an ideal spot as it is close to our largest city. It was built on deep peat, affected water supplies and the residential amenity of people living in that area. The wild and desolate moorland had a beauty of its own but is now what can only be described as an industrial wasteland.
No-one wants to live beside a wind farm unless they are financially involved in the project but as developers fight for every available piece of land, not to save the planet but to make as much profit as possible, many more people and wild creatures are going to have their lives destroyed and our treasured landscapes will cease to exist.
Aileen Jackson
Uplawmoor

George Shanks (Letters, February 12) comments on our First Minister’s lack of attention to Scotland’s infrastructure. This reinforces the view that in an independent and initially cash-strapped Scotland, the potential of vast areas outwith Edinburgh and Glasgow will be ignored, and only the Central Belt will be regarded as economically viable.

Even now, the Highlands seem to be considered suitable only for windfarms – supplied and built by foreign companies – so yielding no economic benefit. If this is an indication of future attitude, it is no surprise that attention to the infrastructure of our vast country is being deliberately ignored.

We need an integrated system of road, rail, and air transport to develop all parts of Scotland, or independence will make the already economically neglected parts of Scotland even more damaged.

Malcolm Parkin, Gamekeepers Road, Kinnesswood, Kinross

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