THE erection of this eyesore monstrosity which will scar our beautiful coast line for 30 years or until they fall into the sea, is a terrible mistake.

What makes it worse, is that the entire project is imported from abroad, almost none of the capital cost comes from UK manufacturing sources.

The labour to erect them will be largely foreign. They will be foreign owned so the vast subsidies provided from the UK taxpayer and any so called profit, they produce will add to the ever increasing balance of payments deficit which the UK runs at currently about five per cent of our annual GDP.

Let’s be clear, these turbines cannot produce electricity at a price which will provide electricity, other than by ongoing subsidies from the UK taxpayer.

When we have a winter period of little wind such as during cold dry period when we need the power, they will be slowly rotating USING power as they must not be left idle, so they actually consume power to keep them rotating. If the owners (Dutch and French) were required to deliver the power at a price without subsidies from UK taxpayers and when the wind was not blowing, to provide a back up power source, they would run a mile.

We are so lucky that we sit on a gigantic gas field right here which could provide all the energy we need at very low cost and with low carbon emission. Energy which is in the UK and does not aggravate our already desperate balance of payments deficit.

Gas, fed into a gas fired power station can be producing electricity within minutes of start up for use when solar panels are not producing.

The crazy price of electricity from offshore foreign owned wind turbines are no more the answer to electricity needs than a French/Chinese owned, nuclear power station in Somerset. Gas is the answer to our energy needs, right here in the UK.

Increased use of solar panels, which have collapsed in installation cost, still have a long way to go in providing much electricity base load, even if the sun is not that bright. Every factory and office and public building should cover the roof with them.

Navitus Bay will be the most expensive solution and a 30 year burden of costs paid for in foreign currency. The environmental issues make it even worse.

Their construction will cost Britain its Heritage Coast Status and damage tourism, let alone the cost to bird life and damage to the marine environment. A vast area of sea will be a no go area for yachts. Everyone must say no before it is too late.

Peter French

Brackendale Rd, Queens Park, Bournemouth