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interconnector was vital. “If they do their maths, they will realise that 100% of nothing will<br />

always be nothing. If we don’t get this project through, the island economy is on its knees.”<br />

Patrick Krause, the chief executive of the Scottish Crofting Federation, said the crofters’<br />

objections were important. “This is something that the government should be looking at as<br />

part of their infrastructure development anyway,” said Krause. “The Scottish government’s<br />

plans are to increase our dependency on renewable energy, and if the best places for<br />

turbines are on the islands, or offshore completely, then we need interconnectors. I don’t<br />

like the fact that the Scottish government are maybe getting out of their duty on this and<br />

leaving a community to fight with a big transnational syndicate.”<br />

Donald John MacSween, the general manager of the Point and Sandwick Trust, said that<br />

the crofters’ plans justified the interconnector. “For generations, we’ve been living in a gale,<br />

and now that we’ve finally found a way to make money out of it, I don’t see why EDF should<br />

take it,” said MacSween. “Mind you, if we can find a way of making money out of rain and<br />

dark nights, then we’ll really be in business.”

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