Tens of thousands of migratory and local birds have been killed in windpower valleys according to recent news stories from out west. This includes eagles, ospreys and other protected species. I understand that some wind farms in Hawaii are also involved in this killing, or have gone into disuse for several reasons.
It is not the just the number of birds that are being killed, but specifically which species which cannot afford to suffer serious losses.
Windpower is such a tiny fart in the energy grid that if it disappeared tomorrow, nobody would notice.
I agree that it is a boondoggle in the way it is being done, and many wind farms have gone into ruin, financially and physically.
But there is a serious price being paid by our aviary friends and it should be looked into to see what is wrong with existing windpower farms and whether anything can be done to correct it.
Save the birds, I say, over those evil-looking wind spinners!