▁impact ▁( 7 %). ▁ ▁A ▁survey ▁conducted ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁and ▁commission ed ▁by ▁the ▁renew able ▁energy ▁industry , ▁showed ▁that ▁ 7 4 % ▁of ▁people ▁in ▁Scotland ▁agree ▁that ▁wind ▁far ms ▁are ▁necessary ▁to ▁meet ▁current ▁and ▁future ▁energy ▁needs . ▁When ▁people ▁were ▁asked ▁the ▁same ▁question ▁in ▁a ▁Scottish ▁Ren ew ables ▁study ▁conducted ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁ 7 8 % ▁agreed . ▁ ▁The ▁increase ▁is ▁significant ▁as ▁there ▁were ▁twice ▁as ▁many ▁wind ▁far ms ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁as ▁there ▁were ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁survey ▁also ▁showed ▁that ▁ 5 2 % ▁disag re ed ▁with ▁the ▁statement ▁that ▁wind ▁far ms ▁are ▁" ug ly ▁and ▁a ▁bl ot ▁on ▁the ▁landscape ". ▁ 5 9 % ▁agreed ▁that ▁wind ▁far ms ▁were ▁necessary ▁and ▁that ▁how ▁they ▁looked ▁was ▁un important . ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁study ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁people ▁in ▁Scotland ▁are ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁clean ▁energy . ▁However ▁this ▁survey ▁has ▁been ▁widely ▁critic ised ▁for ▁its ▁method ology , ▁in ▁that ▁it ▁used ▁a ▁weight ing ▁scale ▁such ▁that ▁the ▁opinion ▁those ▁who ▁lived ▁near er ▁wind far ms ▁was ▁r ated ▁as ▁of ▁less er ▁importance . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁a ▁You G ov ▁energy ▁survey ▁concluded ▁that : ▁New ▁You G ov ▁research ▁for ▁Scottish ▁Ren