Mike McKinnell (Turbines Ahoy, letters 2 September) needs to get out a bit more and travel further afield if he thinks the extent of wind farm development is extreme in West Lothian which has a density of 0.154 wind turbines per km2. East Renfrewshire for example, is much worse affected with 1.144 turbines per km2 (Scottish Gov figures 2021). What he is seeing is only the tip of the iceberg with many more in the planning system. Highland, Dumfries & Galloway, Borders and Argyll & Bute are currently being targeted due to so many other areas such as South Lanarkshire, Aberdeenshire and South Ayrshire being already full to the brim with these useless and environmentally devastating contraptions.
Mr McKinnell is certainly right that most people have no idea about the number of wind farms in their area or the rest of Scotland for that matter because the majority live in towns and cities and rarely see them let alone have to live with them looming menacingly over their homes but that will change. As suitable sites for wind farms become more difficult to find it will result in them being pushed ever closer to more densely populated areas. That’s when the people who have waxed lyrical about “clean green energy” to date, will suddenly see them in a different light and start doing some research of their own instead of believing the green fairy tale that is being force fed to them by the Scottish Government and Wind Farm developers.
Aileen Jackson
Knockglass
Uplawmoor
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