No rural benefit
Tom Ballantine (letter of March 2) made the claim that “the wider costs and benefits of the higher charges arising from the use of wind farms in place of cheaper fossil fuels for generating electricity” were ignored by those in rural Scotland.
Once more this highlights the divide between residents of Edinburgh plus those in the Central Belt and Scots who live in “the poorest rural area of Scotland” – see press article of March 2. A Parliament described as a place “where affluent elites make laws that only THEY deem to be good for the people” (press article of April 2) is out of touch with the struggles of rural Scots in the poorest rural area of the land in meeting the high cost of energy bills.
That is why such residents ignore the use of a wind energy source that is 300 per cent higher than the energy from domestic gas – especially when considering the unreliability of renewable energy!
Ian Moir, Castle Douglas
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