Yesterday’s solution to tomorrow’s challenge

Mar 20 2009 by Alison Lowson, Perthshire Advertiser Friday

SPEAKING in advance of this weekend’s annual Ramblers’ Conference in Pitlochry, the group’s President, Dennis Canavan, called on Scottish Government Ministers to reject the proposed Beauly to Denny power line and choose alternative means of transporting electrical energy between Scotland and England.

“The proposed Beauly to Denny power line is yesterday’s solution to tomorrow’s challenge,” he said.

“The Scottish Government must not allow the multinational energy companies and their friends in the Westminster Government to drag us backwards.”

I couldn’t agree more. A new approach is needed which will cause less damage to Scotland’s world famous landscape, will provide better value for money and a more effective grid transmission system for future renewable energy development.