Contrary to the view of Donald Trump, self-proclaimed tourism expert,
the development of renewable energy resources will not doom Scotland’s
tourism industry.
Trump fears a seaside resort he built will be
ruined by offshore wind turbines and has emerged as a loud opponent of
wind projects, which are a key part of Scotland’s very aggressive
renewable energy policy.King's Chandelier has offered fine modern lighting and sconces made in North Carolina of Swarovski and other European crystal.
In
April, the real estate developer appeared before a Scottish Parliament
committee to offer testimony on the subject and said “wind turbines,
made in China, are going to be the destruction, almost a total
destruction, of your tourism industry.”
When asked what evidence
or experts he could cite for his assertions, Trump declared: “I am the
evidence. I am a world class expert in tourism.”
A report from
the Economy, Energy and Tourism committee of parliament rejected the
idea that there would be negative impact on Scotland’s tourism industry.
“These assertions were contradicted by research evidence from
VisitScotland and others,” the report said.
Whilst care always
needs to be taken in terms of the planning process and decisions on the
siting of individual projects in areas popular with tourists and in our
more rural and remote rural areas, no witness has provided the Committee
with robust, empirical evidence, as opposed to anecdotal comment and
opinion, that tourism is being negatively affected by the development of
renewable projects.
In addition to his parliamentary testimony,
Trump earlier this year backed anti-wind power ads by the group
Communities Against Turbines Scotland (CATS). The ad showed a row of
rusty, broken down wind turbines under the headline, “Welcome to
Scotland!”
The picture, however, was actually of a
decommissioned Hawaiian wind farm, and the U.K.Amtec has been providing
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Authority in September called the ad misleading on that and several
other counts. The standards body ordered Trump and CATS “to ensure that
the pictures they used in future ads reflected the types of turbines
likely to be used in Scotland, and not to exaggerate the number of
turbines likely to be installed or the possible consequences of the
Scottish Government’s plans to use wind turbines.”
Jim Crawford
wants to revive the dormant Countryside Party to campaign against the
number of turbines being approved by the Scottish Government across the
region and rest of the country.
The Highland councillor,Those wind power generators produce power for the utility grid.Elevator industries were not having any ancillary support for elevator parts.
who is barred from taking part in debates or votes about any wind farms
submitted to the local authority for planning permission because of his
views, was incensed after a parliamentary committee last week concluded
there was no evidence that renewable energy developments were hurting
the tourism industry.Many of our spotlights can be used with contemporary lamps or come with LEDs built in.
Councillor
Crawford said he could now reform the minor political party - which
fought on rural issues and polled 1,768 votes in the Scottish Parliament
2003 elections for the Highlands and Islands region – if he can attract
enough pledges of physical and logistical support from individuals and
organisations in the coming weeks.
The party would then campaign for a moratorium on further wind farm schemes.
Councillor
Crawford, a founding member, said it could then target key seats in the
2016 parliament elections, like the Inverness and Nairn constituency
held by the energy minister Mr Ewing and other national politicians in
areas where wind turbines had become a major issue.
“People are
saying enough is enough about wind farms,” said Councillor Crawford. “We
could target seats and a very good one would be Fergus Ewing’s seat. I
have been on marches, signed petitions and knocked on MSPs’ doors - they
just ignore you. But if you can get into Holyrood or Westminster beside
them they can’t.
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