I have been amazed at the number of responses to this post, some from people who only joined the site in order to post a comment
Others appear to work in the industry or have some insider knowledge of how these things work, most of which is way above me.
At the end of the day Scotland needs a clean, reliable source of energy in order to heat our homes/schools/hospitals/offices. Cockenzie Power Station has just closed, it kept the lights burning in a million homes for 40 years. Are wind farms going to do the same? I certainly hope so, but meantime we should all be cutting down on our use of energy by insulating our homes, wearing warm clothes, reusing and recycling whenever possible. All of these things the Scottish Government have been asking us to do for some time.
I don't particularly like windfarms but I must say whenever I have seen them they don't bother me too much. There is a windfarm near Meikle Bin and it strangely seems to add to the view instead of spoil it. A lot of windfarms have appeared in the Fife and Perthshire areas and they don't seem to spoil the views there either. There seems to be something comforting in seeing the turbines rotate, knowing that they are providing power to our homes.
If anyone wants to know the effect of living without a proper energy source just ask the people of Arran who were cut off for nearly a week in the middle of winter.