And they are killing hundreds of thousands of migrating birds, some endangered, threatened or highly protected, like Eagles, Bald and Golden. Most of these wind farms are located in major migratory flyways.
From: Richard J. Williams <pundits...@gmail.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] It's time for wind power to stand or fall on its own On 12/27/2013 2:03 PM, wgm4u wrote: The federal government should step aside and let the industry find its own niche in the market.Most wind farms in the U.S. are private industry. According to what I've read, wind power in Texas consists of many wind farms with a total installed nameplate capacity of 12,212 MW from over 40 different projects. Texas produces the most wind power of any U.S. state. The expanding wind power market will help Texas meet its 2015 renewable energy goal of 5,000 new megawatts of power from renewable sources. It's a beautiful sight to see all those wind mills out by Dad's place near Abilene."Large wind farms consist of hundreds of individual wind turbines which are connected to the electric power transmission network. For new constructions, onshore wind is an inexpensive source of electricity, competitive with or in many places cheaper than fossil fuel plants. Wind power, as an alternative to fossil fuels, is plentiful, renewable, widely distributed, clean, produces no greenhouse gas emissions during operation and uses little land."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power
