Posted on 05/21/2014 10:43:33 AM PDT by kingattax
America’s wind farms are actually slaughtering millions of birds and bats annually
Originally published by The ECO Report
The Obama administration is issuing 30-year permits for “taking” (killing) bald and golden eagles. The great birds will be legally slaughtered “unintentionally” by lethal wind turbines installed in their breeding territories, and in “dispersion areas” where their young congregate (e.g. Altamont Pass).
By chance (if you believe in coincidences), a timely government study claims wind farms will kill “only” 1.4 million birds yearly by 2030 (1). This new report is just one of many, financed with taxpayers’ money, aimed at convincing the public that additional mortality caused by wind plants is sustainable. – It is not.
Dr. Shawn Smallwood’s 2004 study, spanning four years, estimated that California’s Altamont Pass wind “farm” killed an average of 116 Golden Eagles annually (2). This adds up to 2,900 dead “goldies” since it was built 25 years ago. Altamont is the biggest sinkhole for the species, but not the only one, and industry-financed research claiming that California’s GE population is stable is but a white-wash.
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
And still not so much as a “chirp” from the wildlife community.
That eagle (RIP) is gigantic!
I didn’t know they are THAT big.
Windfarms should die.
The is a big plant just north of Austin on I-35 that makes them.
The fruits of a bunch of liberals and progressives,, feathers , bones and carcasses
Endangered delta smelt (alleged) shut down the entire irrigation system in the San Joaquin Valley. Spotted Owl shut down PNW logging. Sage Grouse and a Tortoise shuts down cattle grazing. Kangaroo rats shut down private farms. Sucker fish shuts down irrigation in the Klammath Basin.
Windmills kill protected eagles, birds and bats.?.?.? Send more tax dollars to windmill manufacturers and keep those subsidies flowing. BUILD MORE!!!
Clown Prince nobama and his fellow eco-nuts want to destroy America. How better to contribute to that “transformation” than to slaughter the symbol of Free America. These commie criminals are insufferable...and belong in prison or exile.
“The is a big plant just north of Austin on I-35 that makes them.”
We see lots of equipment on I45 when traveling to Dallas.
Was just in Maui, saw the new wind farm on the side of the hill there. (About 30% of them not turning, broken?). Anyway, asked a local about them. They are there to reduce the need for fossil fuel (which all has to be shipped in by barge to Maui). They are now 16% wind powered there. But the “sell” was to buy these things so the COST of energy would be reduced. The electrical bills went UP ... reason? They had to pay for the wind mills.
We are lucky that we have a wild animal zoo here. They take in injured wild animals and rehabilitate them. If they can’t be rehabilitated they keep them and care for them. It is open to the public and every once in awhile I take the grandkids out there. You can see all the animals up close and personal.
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