We need honesty over renewables
I REFER to DB Watson’s letter (November 3), which details the widespread
dissemination of misinformation by people who are prioritising personal
approval over the welfare of the nation. At this critical time when all of
our minds are concentrating on the challenges of global warming and how to
counteract it, it is counterproductive to mislead the public with
disingenuous semantics. I can understand why companies investing in
renewable technologies and ScottishPower would wish to present a
commercially advantageous image. However, it is totally unacceptable that
our Government ministers are involved in spreading misleading information.
It is utterly irresponsible and ultimately very damaging because it
undermines any prospect of Scotland, or the UK, achieving really effective
green solutions which are economically supportable along with minimum
economic risk. The nation’s health is not in good hands at present.
I appreciate it is counter-intuitive to the general public but renewable
energy, although becoming less expensive, is far from the cheapest form and
always will be. If this fact is not widely understood we will fail, as a
nation, to deal with the economic challenges and suffer real economic
hardship in the future.
Above all we need honesty and integrity if we are to survive as a viable
country. Our children deserve better.
Norman McNab, Killearn.
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