How much farmland is ruined by a wind turbine? Does corn care about sharing the fields? Is it worse than a cell tower? Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: The airspeed at the tip of the blades is what counts. I suspect you will find that speed to be just subsonic. Your 3 turbines are not planted on the worlds best, most productive farmland, as are all the hundreds the taxpayers have purchased for Mid-American Energy. (and other companies) Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Apparently there have been some turbines built in California right in the >path of migratory birds that have been just bird slaughtering machines. Not a >problem in most cases and I suspect a "migratory bird study" is now required >for the building of wind turbines...I'd also guess its a bigger problem with >smaller, faster turning turbines. These 1.5MW units are like 300rpm. > > > -Curt > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
