THE front-page article of The Herald on October 20 (“1,100 species and
habitats damaged by climate change”) makes various claims that so-called
climate change is reducing populations of birds and insects, and that we
need to take action.
But the elephant in the room here are wind turbines.
We are told almost daily that renewables will save the planet, but several
years ago numerous scientific studies stated that millions of birds and
bats are killed each year by wind turbine blades.
Now my attention has been drawn to a study by Christian Voigt, published in
January. He estimates that the equivalent of 1.2 trillion insects are
killed by German onshore wind turbines annually. The indirect effect of
this will be fewer insects for birds and bats to eat, and reduced
pollination of plants.
It seems we have to destroy the planet to save the planet.
Geoff Moore, Alness.
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