Letters / Just let SSE go it alone
In answer to Geordie Pottinger’s “What’s the alternative?” to the Viking wind farm.
A green and Shetlander friendly alternative. At a fraction of the cost of Viking, and none of the risks, we could equip every home in Shetland with solar panels and/or small individual turbines. This would free Shetlanders from power bills and keeping all funds in Shetland for Shetlanders.
This could simply be done by allowing normal commercial small bank loans to be underwritten by Shetland Charitable Trust. With regard to the Viking wind farm, there is absolutely no guarantee that the project will ever go ahead.
The profit forecasts are completely speculative and based on wildly optimistic projections which may prove fictional; no one can say.
What I can say with absolute certainty is that if the VE project does go ahead, there will be multiple legal actions from all those overshadowed by turbines. There will be a multiplicity of reasons to launch such actions. I for one will help anyone whose quality of life is damaged or health threatened in any legal way available to me.
It will be a very brave or stupid investor who would expect to make easy monies out of Viking Energy.
I can see this can of worms rapidly turning into a financial disaster to eclipse all of the SIC’s and SCT’s previous spectacular financial debacles.
Just let SSE go it alone, just bring them on, without the goodwill of all Shetlander’s they will be well minced.
Ian Tinkler
Candidate Shetland West
www.iantinkler.com
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