"BIRD STRIKE" -- WINDMILLS ARE KILLING THOUSANDS OF BIRDS

Green Energy Hypocrisy: "California's wind farms kill more than 80 Eagles per year and thousands of other birds daily, prompting calls by environmental groups for better wind power management......." (Fox News Video Description)
AS REPORTED by William La Jeunesse of FOX NEWS from Tehachapi, California, on August 16, 2011:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1113088230001/bird-strike/

Also refer to WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE of 9/7/2009:
"WINDMILLS ARE KILLING OUR BIRDS"
(One standard for oil companies, another for green energy sources)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574376543308399048.html

This is infuriating! We can close a river to protect one fish and rope off a forest to protect one owl, but when it comes to BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, we have no problem sacrificing THOUSANDS of birds including protected ones without any consequences. What total and disgusting hypocrisy by the promoters of 'clean green' energy! :(

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[wildlifeguardian]

NOW READ THIS NEWS ARTICLE (1/4/2012):

"FEDS PROPOSE ALLOWING WIND-FARM DEVELOPER TO KILL GOLDEN EAGLES"

The federal government is proposing to grant a first-of-its-kind permit that would allow the developer of a central Oregon wind-power project to legally kill golden eagles, a regulatory move being closely watched by conservationists...

(Go to MSNBC(dot)com or search for the above title -- cannot post the actual link here).

[devyn172]

how can the birds not see this? '

eagles are known for there eyesight.

yeah its sad but they should figure it out sommetime

[wildlifeguardian]

@devyn172: I am sure they see the windmills, but they are probably not aware that the blades change position as they try to fly thru....and then they get struck. :<(

[JOSEPHDANCE75]

Birds of prey need a huge area to hunt and swoop down onto there prey.They are like your 747 jumbo airlines that just cannot pull up and change course.

[jasbcor]

Bird Cuisinarts!! The Altamont pass farm is criminal and it should be shut down.

[robmccar88]

@JungleUnderground of course geothermal is the answer. except that the free market, government, scientists, economists, and just about everyone not selling a geothermal system has determined that it's not of much use unless your Iceland (volcanic island in cold climate)

[drackxman]

@birdlady423 The solution is to take down all the wind turbines. It's the most ineffecient way to make electricity ever. So expensive.

[drackxman]

Would Lorelei Oviatt please tell us what these jobs are. This is just a waste of Subsidy Dollars we are all paying for. If there are investors in this sham, it's because they are getting millions of dollars from the government.... That is Our Dollars people.....

[JungleUnderground]

@birdlady423

Geothermal is the best. Underground & out of sight.

[Midnighteye22]

@birdlady423

Yes. Thorium reactors. Clean, little hazardous waste, inherently safe, not like uranium, lots of fuel widely distributed throughout the world sufficient for thousands of years. The Chinese are going for them now, by the time we have run out of money to subsidise these flailing things that produce insufficient and expensive electricity, perhaps we will borrow more money from the Chinese to buy their reactors from them.