Re: [FairfieldLife] It's time for wind power to stand or fall on its own

2013-12-28 Thread Share Long
Thanks for the useful info, Richard. Wind turbines are big in Iowa because it is a very windy state and there's lots of open land for placing them. it would be cool if someone could figure out how to make them more scenic (-: On Friday, December 27, 2013 10:00 PM, Richard J. Williams

Re: [FairfieldLife] It's time for wind power to stand or fall on its own

2013-12-28 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/28/2013 10:36 AM, Share Long wrote: Thanks for the useful info, Richard. Wind turbines are big in Iowa because it is a very windy state and there's lots of open land for placing them. it would be cool if someone could figure out how to make them more scenic (-: What you have to do

Re: [FairfieldLife] It's time for wind power to stand or fall on its own

2013-12-28 Thread Share Long
Richard, thank you, I like this perspective very much and only hope I can remember it the next time I see a windmill. On Saturday, December 28, 2013 1:38 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   On 12/28/2013 10:36 AM, Share Long wrote: Thanks for the useful info, Richard.

Re: [FairfieldLife] It's time for wind power to stand or fall on its own

2013-12-27 Thread Mike Dixon
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:

Re: [FairfieldLife] It's time for wind power to stand or fall on its own

2013-12-27 Thread Richard J. Williams
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