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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:09:19 -0700, "Rich S."
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Lately I hear the bird huggers are ****ed at the tree huggers who want
wind
power.

Turns out the wind turbines make efficient bird slicers & dicers.

That's basically an old wives tale.
http://www.awea.org/faq/sagrillo/swbirds.html Cats kill a lot more
birds than turbines. Most of the objections to wind power are the
typical NIMBY stuff, with the bird thing thrown in along with anything
else that sounds remotely plausible.

Wayne (16 turbine-years, no sliced birds)

Wayne ............

My wife and I toured the wind farms in Eastern Washington two years ago and
spoke with the landowners and neighbors of the machinery. Without exception,
they *all* welcomed the presence of these machines. One farmer who, until
wind power arrived, was poor as a churchmouse, moved me with his tearful
description of how he now will be able to send his children to college.

Far from NIMBY, there are open arms waiting, and hoping, that their land
will be found suitable.

Old age also kills birds, but that does not mean that the killoff of raptors
by turbines is not significant. You know what they say about statistics!
My cat also loves an afternoon snack with either Chip or Dale. Yum!

Rich S.