The vast majority of research shows that wind turbines kill relatively
few birds, at least compared with other man-made structures. Collisions
with wind turbines account for about one-tenth of a percent of all
unnatural bird deaths in the United States per year. And, of all bird
deaths, 30 percent are due to natural causes, like baby birds falling
from nests.
Each year hundreds of millions of birds are killed by feral cats; power
lines; windows; pesticides; automobiles; communication towers; while
less than 10,000 - 40,000 birds are killed by wind turbines. According
to what I've read, the scientific evidence shows that there is a
negligible impacts on bird populations which "pales in comparison to the
hundreds of millions that die from flying into buildings."
Read more:
'Do Wind Turbines Need a Rethink?'
Smithsonian:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/
<http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2013/04/do-wind-turbines-need-a-makeover/>
On 12/27/2013 5:03 PM, Mike Dixon wrote:
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
