The book I am almost done with "The Long Descent" by John Michael Greer mentioned that some studies showed that solar panels and wind mills took more energy to make than they produced over their life. Maybe that was true and isn't anymore? I know advancements are being made, hopefully a breakthrough will bring the cost of production way down.
And poor siting of a wind turbine can be disastrous for birds (Altamont Pass), intensive studies of a site need to be done before building, and proper lighting is important. But that's my point, people SAY that wind mills kill birds and that they ruin their view, and aren't willing to have one in their "back yard". John Rancich has been trying to build one in Enfield and has come up against all kinds of opposition. We can't just say no, we need to be saying yes to alternatives. And aggressively! Eric ----- Original Message ---- > From: Rich Bernstein <[email protected]> > To: Sustainable Tompkins County listserv > <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, November 23, 2009 3:36:00 PM > Subject: Re: [SustainableTompkins] becoming YIMBYs > > The statement that "wind mills and solar panels take more energy to > create than they produce over their life" is simply not true. Also, > bird deaths from wind turbines are on par with or lower than other > built structures such as buildings, communications towers, power > lines, etc. > > -- > Rich _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
