On 22/07/2009 ajfclark wrote:
>Back to the wind farm thing... I came across this article on using radar
>to stop bats from dying in a wind farm:
>
>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32034204/ns/technology_and_science-science/
Animals hitting turbines is a pretty big problem; I doubt it's as big a problem as general habitat loss and possibly climate change (which doesn't exist), but, it's a big PR problem for the general public. I've got no idea how to fix it. But if someone does, that's a big drawback of wind turbines fixed. I don't buy the aesthetic argument at all; compared to a nuke or coal plant and associated mining, processing, distribution, waste storage and river/ocean changes it's no contest. |