Today's Majestic Feathers Blue Mug Caption posted earlier today on Facebook:
So this is the carnage I’d see if I was placed in “wind farm”, how horrible! We are getting smarter and are drinking more and more bird friendly coffee which results in saving birds, so how about more thoughtful placement of Wind Turbines?
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 440,000 birds are killed by wind turbines each year and that number is expected to exceed one million by 2030 as the number of wind farms grows to meet increased demand. The American Bird Conservancy generally supports the development of wind energy, but it argues that wind farms should be “bird smart”, meaning…positioned so that they do not interfere with major migration paths or disturb breeding grounds, with their power lines buried to prevent collisions. Let’s all do our part to make the Wind Industry “bird smart”.
Higher bird deaths than predicted have prompted U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services to possibly reexamine the current voluntary guidelines for wind turbines related to their impact on birds and other wildlife. Wind power proponents say the guidelines are too strict as they stand already. The public is encourage to submit comments from now until May 19, 2011.
Please read this article to gain further information and the address for submitting your comments. Personally I think there should be mandatory standards not voluntary guidelines, and that there is nothing wrong with making wind power "smart" power.
Please read this article (link below) published by National Wind Watch and use the link provided by them to make comments to U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Thank you!
Click for National Wind Watch Article
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