Comments on: GE: Oregon Subsidizes Wind Power, Nuclear is Forgotten http://capitolcommentary.com/2009/12/16/ge-oregon-subsidizes-wind-power-nuclear-is-forgotten/ A smaller government is a better government. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harrison http://capitolcommentary.com/2009/12/16/ge-oregon-subsidizes-wind-power-nuclear-is-forgotten/#comment-2748 Harrison Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:35:02 +0000 http://harrisonprice.com/?p=3448#comment-2748 There was a study done in 2001: “Avian Collisions with Wind Turbines: A Summary of Existing Studies and Comparisons to Other Sources of Avian Collision Mortality in the United States" Apparently, kats killed between 8 and 217 million birds each year in Wisconsin and for turbines: "That is, commercial wind turbines cause the direct deaths of only 0.01% to 0.02% of all of the birds killed by collisions with man-made structures and activities in the U.S. " But I don't know if I believe it. There was a study done in 2001:

“Avian Collisions with Wind Turbines: A Summary of Existing Studies and Comparisons to Other Sources of Avian Collision Mortality in the United States”

Apparently, kats killed between 8 and 217 million birds each year in Wisconsin and for turbines:

“That is, commercial wind turbines cause the direct deaths of only 0.01% to 0.02% of all of the birds killed by collisions with man-made structures and activities in the U.S. ”

But I don’t know if I believe it.

]]> By: Matthew http://capitolcommentary.com/2009/12/16/ge-oregon-subsidizes-wind-power-nuclear-is-forgotten/#comment-2747 Matthew Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:48:12 +0000 http://harrisonprice.com/?p=3448#comment-2747 I say do all of the above .-= Matthew´s last blog ..<a href="http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2009/12/lol-cat.html" rel="nofollow">LOL Cat</a> =-. I say do all of the above
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]]> By: burro http://capitolcommentary.com/2009/12/16/ge-oregon-subsidizes-wind-power-nuclear-is-forgotten/#comment-2746 burro Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:04:14 +0000 http://harrisonprice.com/?p=3448#comment-2746 I think they should put a halt to these wind farms to conduct some environmental impact studies. After all, this is spotted owl territory. What if one of the remaining 15 spotted owls were to fly into a wind turbine? Militant environmentalism has been holding up development of all energy production systems by playing the endangered species card. If we are opposed to wind farms, then we should be using the labrynthine, draconian regulations that are a result of the environmentalist movement to stop continual development. This wouldn't solve the problem of increasing energy capacity, but it would expose the stupidity. .-= burro´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIndependentBloghorn/~3/2d6EbavEgBg/" rel="nofollow">You’re a Corker, America</a> =-. I think they should put a halt to these wind farms to conduct some environmental impact studies. After all, this is spotted owl territory. What if one of the remaining 15 spotted owls were to fly into a wind turbine? Militant environmentalism has been holding up development of all energy production systems by playing the endangered species card. If we are opposed to wind farms, then we should be using the labrynthine, draconian regulations that are a result of the environmentalist movement to stop continual development. This wouldn’t solve the problem of increasing energy capacity, but it would expose the stupidity.
.-= burro´s last blog ..You’re a Corker, America =-.

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