It seems odd that if you get oil on the feathers of a common sparrow (of
which there are hundreds of millions) it has to be reported to the EPA. If
windmills knock 1000 eagles out of the air nobody gives two cents.
A friend with a bunch of windmills on a ranchette of his was asked to stop
field dressing dear in a location between two windmills because the
buzzards it attracted were getting killed with great regularity.
On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 2:18 PM Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> wrote:
> The affect of windmills goes beyond the 140-330K or so they directly kill
> every year. The noise is affecting mating for them as well as other
> species. I’m all for solar assuming they get Peroksvite cranked up soon
> but I’m not a fan of windmills.
>
>
>
> Rory
>
>
>
> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett
> *Sent:* Friday, August 23, 2019 9:52 AM
> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Reselling Electricity
>
>
>
> I read an article once which claimed that to satisfy worldwide electric
> demand via wind alone would require extracting 100% of the energy from the
> wind. That is to say, it would require stopping the wind.
>
> -Adam
>
> On 8/22/2019 5:25 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
>
> I am unschooled in this, but since windmills extract energy from wind,
> they would actually DECREASE wind locally. Might be pretty hard to measure
> though.
>
>
>
> bp
>
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
>
> On 8/22/2019 2:18 PM, Carl Peterson wrote:
>
> I believe that mountain lions go downwind to stalk their prey. Is there
> any chance that the increased wind caused by the windmills has led to an
> influx of mountain lions because their prey is easier to stalk? Somebody
> should look into this.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 4:08 PM Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com>
> wrote:
>
> Thats completely bogus. Windmills don't attract cats. The wind from the
> windmills blows away the smell of predators which causes the mice and birds
> to come out. Its the mice and birds that attract the cats.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 4:04 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>
> Well I hear that windmills attract cats.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 22, 2019, at 2:15 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Based upon what I've read, the danger to birds is way, way overstated.
> Probably at least an order of magnitude. Cats are far more dangerous to
> birds.
> >
> >
> > bp
> > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> >
> >> On 8/22/2019 1:10 PM, Robert Andrews wrote:
> >> You are diving down on a mouse that was disturbed by the tip vortex off
> a 300mph passing blade tip and swap... 300mph _next_ blade tip knocks you
> into oblivion...
> >>
> >>> On 08/22/2019 01:01 PM, Mathew Howard wrote:
> >>> Well, that explains the bats, but what about the raptors? Do they just
> die from disgust because they think it's an eyesore?
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 6:53 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:
> ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> There is a low pressure zone on the lee side of the blade that
> >>> apparently is
> >>> dramatic enough of a pressure change to cause some kind of lung
> >>> damage to
> >>> bats.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Robert Andrews
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 5:27 PM
> >>> To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Reselling Electricity
> >>>
> >>> That was back in 2012, and the blades were 75 Meters now blades are
> >>> exceeding 104 Meters
> >>>
> >>> On 08/21/2019 04:23 PM, Robert Andrews wrote:
> >>> > Ummm blade tip speed is still pretty darn high. Just because
> >>> it looks
> >>> > slow doesn't mean that it is... 180Mph...
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
> https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-biggest-wind-turbine-blades-are-so-long-thei-5930272
> >>> >
> >>> > On 08/21/2019 04:13 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
> >>> >> Not the new giant ones. They move very slowly & the birds &
> bats
> >>> just fly
> >>> >> around them.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> bp
> >>> >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On 8/21/2019 3:11 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
> >>> >>> Wind kills bats and raptors and migratory waterfowl
> >>> >>
> >>> >
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