Quote:Wind power kills eagles and other endangered and threatened bird species. It also kills bats from the sound. The neodymium used to make the generator magnets left an ecological disaster far worse that 3MI. But that's in China, so I guess that's OK with you. Wind also takes a lot more land area than either nuclear or fossil fuels, destroys scenic vistas, and creates noise pollution. All this, and it's not even a dependable source of energy so it has to be backed up by either fossil fuel generators, nuclear, or hydro.

Almost a billion birds are killed each year by hitting buildings. High end estimates of bird fatalities of hitting fast moving blades is still less than half a million.


I trust the U.S. to do things in a smarter and safer way than the Chinese if they ever actually got behind such an effort on a large scale. There are huge sections of the country that are sparsely populated where I think we could establish wind farms. I don't dispute that there are challenges. But there are clearly possible benefits.

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