wrote, On 10/7/2013 10:52 AM:
On Sunday, October 6, 2013 9:01:33 AM UTC-6, KS wrote:
Two companies are planning the installation of wind turbines on top
of Jacks Mt near the Mifflin County Airport where contests have
been held for 23 years. Ridge running on Jacks is vital to the
success of soaring at Mifflin and these devices would eliminate an
essential part of the soaring activity. See
http://mifflin.ridgesewing.com/Jacks.htm for a further link to
information which will show a picture of what the wind farm would
look like and a request for letters/e-mails to help thwart this
project. Thanks for your help. Karl Striedieck PS Send this on to
those who might not follow ras but could help.

I'm all for saving a great soaring site. As for bird mortality,
please. Picture windows and automobiles cause orders of magnitude
more mortality that wind farms. Perhaps you'd care to give those up
too?

There may be a better argument than that. My understanding is the bird
species killed by ridge sited wind turbines are quite different from
those killed by windows and cars - generally, species that are more
desirable and have smaller populations, so the effect of the kills is
more severe.

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