On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:07:02 -0500, Dean Tyler <dtyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Here is a recent image I took driving back to LA from Joshua Tree in
> California. The wind farm was very cool. Hundreds of mills quietly
> spinning in the desert. I know there are plans to construct a wind farm off
> Cape Cod in Massachusetts that is being hotly debated. Wealthy seaside home
> owners don't want to see and the mills do cut down many birds. I don't
> think the wind mills (if that is what they are called) are ugly compared to
> a coal fired electrical plant! Diminishing bird populations are a problem,
> but it seems everything humans do negatively impacts bird populations.
>
Nice shot. The bird issue is a major concern to many of us. Take one
of the worst case scenarios, the wind farm at Altamont Pass, for
instance.
"Data Research by raptor experts for the California Energy Commission
(CEC) indicates that each year, Altamont Pass wind turbines kill an
estimated 881 to 1,300 birds of prey, including more than 75 golden
eagles, several hundred red-tailed hawks, several hundred burrowing
owls, and hundreds of additional raptors including American kestrels,
great horned owls, ferruginous hawks, and barn owls."
This problem shouldn't be ignored.
Glenn
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