Electric Sonex

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


That has always been a problem with high aspect ratio, low rpm wind
turbines. When the air is foggy (or even especially moist) the impact
of the blades causes the water vapor to condense. The liquid water is
then slung off the blade in the arc of its rotation. Where it
collects on the ground it promotes growth that attracts birds which in
turn attracts raptors to feed upon the birds. Unfortunately a
stooping hawk is a classic case of tunnel vision and they often fly
into the arc of the turbine. Of course, that makes the area safer for
the ground-foragers whose numbers tend to increase, which attracts
raptors from even farther away... as well as scavengers to feed upon
the slice & diced hawks. Interesting cycle. Here in California the
wind farm in Altamont Pass (E. of San Francisco ) is the main killing
ground but the other wind farms are doing their best to catch up.

But of course, that can't be right. After all, everyone know wind
power is environmentally friendly :-)

-R.S.Hoover