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8 April, 2008
BARRIE Jehu, when making point two of his letter (“A
couple of comments”; SN 7/4/08), is being slightly
disingenuous.
The reason why Welsh Nats were blowing up the water pipeline to
Birmingham was the question of who actually owned what. The price of
water was ancillary.
Birmingham City Council purchased land towards the end of the 19th
century and built dams and pumping stations in Wales to provide
fresh water for the city’s burgeoning population swelled by mass
immigration from Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
Like Robert Mugabe, the Welsh Nats felt that the land and all its
benefits belonged to the indigenous population, notwithstanding who
bought and developed the land.
So presumably whoever owns the land on which the windfarms are to be
built will either have the right to sell the electricity to the
highest bidder or, depending on your point of view, insist the
benefits are retained in Scotland - or should that be Shetland?
Regards
Brian J L Cole
brian@thechilternpartnership.com |
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