WHEN Conor Burns MP calls for “democratic input” regarding the proposed Eneco windfarm does he mean to listen to the views of youngsters who will desperately need the energy generated therefrom in an age of depletion and scarcity?

How are turbines to the detriment of people? People perhaps who have invested in toxic assets?

Has Mr Burns (Echo, April 4) managed to insulate himself from the dire predictions of so many reports from all over the world highlighting humanity’s fragility in a changing world?

From where have he and Mark Smith got these loss-of-jobs and negative-tourist-impact figures?

A woman in the audience at the BBC’s Question Time recently was aghast at the dismissiveness of turbines on visual grounds by one panellist given the seriousness of the mess we are in.

Do we really want to be a third world country, floundering around with filthy fossil while developing countries power ahead with clean energy?

Global warming is now starting to play havoc with our climate and Mr Burns himself admits we need to diversify our energy sources.

Many would see a bank of turbines as a heartening sign, as in so many countries now, showing that the government really is facing up to the challenges ahead.

SUSAN CHAPMAN, Parkwood Road, Southbourne