Letters / Frustration and desperation
I was disappointed to read Chris Bunyan’s rather hasty riposte to Ian Tinkler’s letter (“Time to accept the wind farm has not come yet“).
I am unable to see any reference in Ian’s letter either to him speaking on behalf of Sustainable Shetland nor indicating that he, or Sustainable Shetland, has any desire to involve Donald Trump.
I have the greatest respect for Chris, who has always come across as being a thoughtful, fair-minded and moderately spoken member of the Wind Farm Supporters’ Group, but this untypical response seems to hint at both frustration and desperation.
I can understand how irksome it might have been for the supporters group (had they been present at Monday’s meeting of the charitable trust) to see the relief on the faces of the many opponents of VE who turned up to represent the majority of Shetlanders opposed to the wind farm.
However, in the very unlikely event of control of the proposed project going south, the inability of the trustees to show any form of organisation or good practice was the sole cause of Monday’s fiasco, and they would only have themselves to blame if they lose the confidence of their partners.
Chris’ previous lengthy defence of the need to support the VE project is most notable for the change of emphasis from the early days when its “green credentials” seemed to be at the centre of the drive to win our hearts and minds.
Now we read his repeated references to money, profits, financial opportunities and income to crofters and landlords. Small consolation for the many whose lives will be destroyed by this industrial giant.
As regards to “learning to live with (the wind farm)” – just how many of those trying to push through this ill thought out scheme, at local and national level, actually live or will live, within two kilometres of a turbine or planned turbine?
Mike Bennett
Sandsound
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