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Turbine whoppers
Credit: Published 26th Jun 2025, scotsman.com ~~
Good on Councillor Ruraidh Stewart and Skye residents protesting against the developers’ plans to “repower” Ben Aketil wind farm, near Dunvegan (your report, 23 June). The downright dishonesty in claiming larger turbines are more efficient is breathtaking, and shame on the remote Scottish Government for falling for the spin!
Did our brick-sized mobile phones double or half in size as they became more efficient? The farcical industry claims that larger turbines are more “efficient” could not be further from the truth!
Current turbine blades have been tweaked, over many years, to the nth degree, but the inexorable laws of physics demand that all that can now be done is to make the turbines even larger, even more materials hungry, even more space consuming, even more destructive to our landscapes, even more difficult to recycle, even more damaging, even more unsightly and, with blades that travel in excess of 200mph, even more lethal to wildlife.
They are foisting giant, offshore turbines onto beleaguered rural communities, onshore. Far from boasting about “super” turbines we are in reality being subjected to yet another load of whoppers from the wind industry!
George Herraghty
Lothlorien, Lhanbryde, Elgin, Moray
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