A More Honest Conversation Starts Here

How much landscape are we willing to sacrifice in the name of Net Zero targets?
Are we properly weighing actual carbon benefit against environmental damage?
Why is nuclear — particularly modern, small modular reactor (SMR) technology — being sidelined while our countryside is carved apart?

These are the questions that too few politicians, developers, and media voices are willing to confront. Across the UK, and especially in rural Scotland, wild landscapes are being steadily industrialised under the banner of “green energy.” What was once open moorland, farmland, or iconic Highland scenery is now dominated by turbines, pylons, access roads, and concrete — all justified as a necessary price to “save the planet.”

But destroying the environment in the name of protecting it isn’t climate action.
It’s ideological policy meeting corporate profit, not intelligent energy strategy.

Each wind farm may look small on paper, but their cumulative impact is devastating: the march of turbines now stretches across once-pristine horizons, erasing the very landscapes we claim to value. Communities are given no real choice — only the illusion of consultation — while strategic planning is replaced by fragmented, developer-led sprawl.
There is a better way. Modern nuclear, through Small modular reactor technology, offers:

Far lower land use than wind or solar.

Constant synchronous power, stabilising the grid without the need for vast battery storage.

Domestic manufacturing potential, strengthening energy sovereignty.

Minimal landscape impact, preserving rural and wild areas.

Real environmental protection means using the right technology in the right place — not covering our countryside with industrial sprawl for intermittent power. If we truly care about emissions, energy security, and the preservation of our natural heritage, then the answer isn’t more turbines — it’s smarter energy planning, grounded in engineering reality, not ideology.