As the self-inflicted, “Net Zero”, Cost of Living Crisis starts to bite, impoverished bill-payers will be gobsmacked to read that just the cables to connect the environmentally disastrous Shetland Viking wind farm to the National Grid are costing a staggering £660,000,000 (Scotsman, 9 July).
To remind readers, planning officials, the RSPB, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the John Muir Trust, Shetland Amenity Trust, Shetland Bird Club, and Sustainable Shetland, along with the majority of residents, all objected to the Viking Wind Farm in Shetland. Despite all this, the Scottish Government granted planning permission, with utter disregard for the peat-rich environment and birdlife. Eco tourism? Forget it. How dare the heavily subsidised wind industry claim their electricity is ever-so-cheap when these “hidden” costs are never disclosed. And of course, the “Security of supply” for Shetland will be “ensured” by reversing the power from conventional sources whenever the wind stops. This week’s UK weather – flat calm.
George Herraghty, Lothlorien, Elgin, Moray

SAS Volunteer

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