Thanks to the judges who have ruled in favour of the on-shore Alaska wind farm at East Stoke and put an end to the NIMBY opposition.

As Mr Bond said “too much time and tax payers money has been wasted” in misguidedly attempting to stop this sensible development. Let us hope that equal sense is shown by the authorities when it comes to deciding the future for Navitus Bay against which an equally misguided and prejudiced campaign is being waged.

Opponent Mr Moyes suggests (letters 4th April) that the off-shore wind farm is a “red herring” in fact it is his proposal to substitute coal as the generating fuel of choice that is the real “red herring”.

Coal is exceptionally environmentally dirty, the technique for cleaning it up is very expensive, it is an as yet unproven technology and moreover it is likely to be subject to failures.

Tidal energy which other opponents claim is the answer - is not available, stops twice each day and is subject to spring and neap tide variability.

Meanwhile other opponents of Navitus continue to scare-monger concerning the visual impact of spidery forms on the horizon, often to be lost in the haze and equivalent to about a 4mm of matchstick with three small (2.5mm) pieces of wire attached and held at arms length, or about 4cms of matchstick with 2.5cms wires at 6metres away.

Opponents have also asked for visual images with the wind farm adjacent to the Isle of Wight. Why? From Bournemouth seafront the angles between the closest turbine to Durleston exceeds 20 degrees and for the Isle of Wight more than 30 degrees.

For comparison the wind farm itself occupies about 30 degrees of the horizon.

Tony Hamilton, Ridgeway, Broadstone