Hello,
Are these people nuts?!
The percentage of birds killed by windmills World-Wide would be
SUB-SUB-FRACTIONAL in comparison to pollutants (mentioned), global climate
change, habitat
loss due to mining, hydro development, logging and land-clearing for
development, cars and trucks and even freaking pussy cats!!! I'll wager that
the miners
and nuke-plant workers kill more birds on their way to work than all the
windmills combined. Ever walk around a windmill or even a windfarm? I have,
and
I've also hitchhiked extensively. You'll see more dead birds in a hundred
yards of highway than around windmills. Walk the ditches between a freeway and
you'll really get a shock (so, my car breaks down a lot).
Windmills are not the enemy of birds, folks; large public utilities and even
each one of us are. Take a look at your kilowatt hour (kWh) usage on your
electric bill and see if you're part of the problem or the solution: The
national household average usage per month is 600 kWh (outside the US it's less
than
50 kWh). Wind is truly Green power, especially on a small scale, so reduce
your own usage and support wind and solar power!!
Steve Anderson
St. Francis, MN
[email protected]
p.s. For ways to reduce your electric bill, reference Home Power magazine, or
their website at homepower.com
