Interesting study. Another reason not to frac.
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/03/researchers-map-out-alternative-energy-future-new-york
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/03/researchers-map-out-alternative-energy-future-new-york
The bird hunters are going to go where the birds are. The birds are going to go to where the habitat is. Most of the bird habitat is not in urban areas. The ducks were just an example... use warblers, owls, falcons or herons if you want. Heck, grackels are a protected species.
Let me give you an example. It's a large area of fallow and abandoned fields about an hour and a half north of here. It would be great for a wind farm, the wind could swoop down and produce lots of power. It will never happen though. It's being used by short eared owls and northern harriers as a place to forage during the winter. http://www.winterraptorfest.com/about-grasslands/
The moment he decides to put a wind farm up he's going to be hit with lawsuits from every environmental group in the nation. He going be doing Environmental Impact Statements for the next 20 years. So you say fine, lets put them off shore where there are fewer animals for it to affect. The cry of NIMBY will be deafening.
I know they are working on tidal turbines in the Hudson already, but are having trouble with the blades being sheared off. I think the wave devices are a great idea.
While I'd love to see many of the things on that list come to be, I don't believe I'll see any of it. If the Gov. can't decide if he wants to go after natural gas due to pressure from environmentalists I don't see him taking large scale wind farm action for the same reasons.
Matt
And where does he plan to put all of these wind turbines? I can't wait until the greenies get all over them going into the migration corridors. The spots with the birds are the spots with the wind. Except for the ADK mountains, in which its nearly impossible to put a cell tower up much less a wind farm.
Let me give you an example. It's a large area of fallow and abandoned fields about an hour and a half north of here. It would be great for a wind farm, the wind could swoop down and produce lots of power. It will never happen though. It's being used by short eared owls and northern harriers as a place to forage during the winter. http://www.winterraptorfest.com/about-grasslands/
Having been quantified against other threats and put into context (graph below) its seems a bit silly to even bring up birds when discussing wind turbines.
If we really wanted to save some birds we'd start designing buildings and lighting differently.
Dont know, but what I do know is there is not very many birds killed by turbines so why bother trying to hide them.Why would he make that up?
What would he prove by it?
Matt
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