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| One post, from many about wind farms, on BirdForum.net "After California, Spain, Germany and Australia, news of eagles being killed by wind turbines are coming to us from Japan. It is all the more worrying because white-tailed sea eagles are involved, of which that country has only 150. But there is more: a windfarm is to be built on a migration route used by half the world population of these magnificent birds, which are bigger than the golden eagle. We already knew that windfarms killed white-tailed sea eagles: 14 bodies have been recovered in Germany, in addition to those of 41 red kites, plus a number of buzzards, harriers, falcons, hawks, geese, swans, storks etc. And we were worried about the cumulative effect this would have on the European population, for in addition to Germany, windfarms are being built on sea eagle territories in Scandinavia and Scotland. But now, we learn that the species itself may become extinct because of our rush-to-wind policies. And it is not the only one: elsewhere, wind turbines are a threat to at least 6 different eagle species, the rare Bonelli's eagle being one of them. And so it is with storks, bustards, cranes etc. The sad truth is that, by siting their windfarms in sparsely populated areas, where opponents can be counted in mere hundreds, and where community compensation packages come that much cheaper, the wind industry ends up erecting its bird killing machines where it impacts wildlife most." Here's a thread about the Lewis Wind Farm proposals http://www.birdforum.net/showt[...]=26715&highlight=wind+farm "Wind Farms? Personally I think the Mother would approve!" Perhaps you should do some research before asking why people would object to such "environmentally" friendly energy sources. Personally I think the Mother would be crying at the loss of her fabulous "children". Reply | with quote | Posted by smallblueplanet 1st January 2005ce 20:28 In reply to: Re: Sleeping Beauty (FourWinds) |
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