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| 2012-10-27 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna Environmentalists have gone to great lengths to have certain eagles, hawks, and owls protected as endangered species, only to have wind turbines act as avian cuisinarts. Wind power currently enjoys a unique exemption from Endangered Species Act protections and other federal restrictions protecting animals from deliberate or incidental killings. And to add to this, here is an interesting new development: the US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering a dramatic expansion in the length of permits allowing wind power operators to kill bald eagles and other protected bird species. ...In just one location, the Altamont Pass in northern California, turbines yearly kill 75 to 100 golden eagles, 350 burrowing owls, 300 rat-tailed hawks, and 333 American kestrels. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #13 Time back many Enviros + aligned also complained about Marine Turbines, be it surface or seafloor, etc. wiping out the fishies + corals. Methinks what these Personages truly care about is the LAND underneath these KNOWINGLY DEFECTIVE,PRBLEMATIC, OR UNPROFITABLE SOLAR + WIND FARMS, i.e. mass tracts of land under direct or indirect Govt. control, regulation + SUBSIDY, in case the Govt. needs to use same as Collateral for bond-borrowing on International Markets to save or expand the US Welfare-Nanny State. IMO THE MAJORITY OF THESE ENVIROS, LETFIES COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE CRITTERS OR THE AIR, RIVERS, ETC. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-10-27 22:04 |
| #12 Wind turbines are totally useless garbage. Even nuclear power stations have to be coupled with water turbines to pump water on mountaintop lakes to use nighttime excess power(they are difficult to wind down during low demand) High demand periods are just the time wind turbines shut down...and in windy times, the noise they make is like a million airplanes taking off...it is unlivable where these pieces of crap are turning. |
| Posted by: Dopey Schwarzeneggar2960 2012-10-27 21:27 |
| #11 Oh, and I do believe they mean "red-tailed", not "rat-tailed" No, that was an inadvertent release of an "undiscovered species"; the type suitable for delaying a project during enviro-legal-warfare. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-10-27 18:16 |
| #10 A second post will not help you Korora, you have deh ben caught out and the enforcers are on the move. Post moar, we miss you. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2012-10-27 17:17 |
| #9 But who am I to talk, seeing how I missed a question mark where a period should be? |
| Posted by: Korora 2012-10-27 15:40 |
| #8 As a birdwatcher, I have been aware of the bitter irony of the greens pushing wind power? Oh, and I do believe they mean "red-tailed", not "rat-tailed". Looks like a reporter made a typo and then automatically selected the first correction spellcheck offered. |
| Posted by: Korora 2012-10-27 15:39 |
| #7 Same with Beaumont Pass. The hills are lousy with turbines. Not a lot of eagles though. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-10-27 14:59 |
| #6 Tehachapi pass has a bunch and they seem to be cranking |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-10-27 14:39 |
| #5 I doubt those altamont pass numbers. Those turbines are never moving. I suspect someone extrapolated what the numbers *would be* if all of the turbines worked. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2012-10-27 12:45 |
| #4 You can't make an omelette without without breaking egg-layers. |
| Posted by: Fred 2012-10-27 11:43 |
| #3 You've got to break a few beaks.... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-10-27 11:38 |
| #2 I heard today that the hurricane will blow all the leaves off of the trees!!11!. How will they live you evil capital running scum dogs!1 |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-10-27 10:25 |
| #1 Altamont Pass has had wind turbines for quite a while; if they're still killing that many birds there, it must have been a very large population to start with. And you'd think by now the ones with some kind of aversion to tall spinny things that make funny noises would be winning the breeding race. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-10-27 08:01 |