but destroyed and those that remain carry the marks of human interference. Logically, as well as stopping wind turbines from being erected, we should be at least pulling down all the human habitations that have been inflicted upon the landscape. There is another, sadder reason; we all want electricity but we want it to be generated somewhere else. It doesn't matter if it's produced by coal burning, even, and brings about life threatening pollution -- as long as it's nowhere near to where we live. I have suggested to two successive Secretaries of State that we should go with objectors and then turn of their National Grid connections, but they both thought that I was joking. Several modern theologians have, in re-examining the Gospels, suggested that we should look for Jesus message about land ownership. The Promised Land was given to all of the Jewish people but, by the time of Jesus, already ownership had been concentrated in the hands of the few. The parable of the workers in the vineyard has long been interpreted as a comment on the equality of God's grace there are suggestions that this would have been understood, also, as a comment on the unfair collection of land, by the few. As Christians, we are called to follow the paths of justice, fairness and love. Barbara points out this aspect of fairness, I would add that it's not just about the damage that we inflict on communities in the developing world but also on the