Small Wind Turbines Towers [RE-wrenches]

[Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar]

I failed to say that they never mentioned wind turbine towers.  The main
thing they were talking about was the rapid growth of cell phone towers.

Travis
Ozark Energy Services
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>From: "Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar" <ozsolar at ipa.net>
>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>Subject: Re: Small Wind Turbines Towers [RE-wrenches]
>Date: Fri, Dec 6, 2002, 1:03 PM
>

>Did anyone catch the Towers/Bird Kill story on NPR just this morning, if not
>it probably will air again on this evenings news.
>
>What I took away from the story was this "lighted towers kill lots of birds
>in certain low visibility conditions".  I hadn't had my coffee yet so don't
>quote me on any of this.  Heck it might not have even been on NPR.  Blame it
>on CRS and all that...  They gave several documented instances where over
>10,000 birds died in each occurrence.  One in KS and one in WI.  Something
>to do with the light making the water droplets all glow.  It sounded like
>the X-Files.  Birds would become so severely disoriented by lighted towers
>that they would fly so hard into the ground they would impale themselves on
>wheat stubble.  Suggestions by the story; don't light towers or turn the
>lights off in low visibility conditions.  That's right, turn the lights off
>in low vis conditions.  I guess low flying planes and helicopters crashing
>aren't a problem.
>
>Another wind turbine related issue:  The Audubon Society is fighting wind
>turbine development in the Flint Hills of Eastern KS.  Turns out the Prairie
>Chicken won't reproduce if can see any man made structures whilst it is
>copulating.
>
>Travis Creswell
>
>
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>>From: "Michael Welch, Home Power" <michael.welch at homepower.com>
>>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>>Subject: Re: Small Wind Turbines Towers [RE-wrenches]
>>Date: Fri, Dec 6, 2002, 11:50 AM
>>
>
>>matthew tritt wrote at 09:05 AM 12/06/2002 -0800:
>>  
>>>1. Bird kills. Guy wires are responsible for at least as many bird kills as
>>>rotor blades, most probably many more. The wires become invisible to most
>>>birds in heavy fog.
>>
>>I did some looking at this issue awhile back and discovered it is the 
>>towers that birds run into. And it did not matter what the tower was doing, 
>>whether it was for a wind machine or antenna.
>>
>>We in the industry need to be careful not to perpetuate the bird in the 
>>blender myth.
>>  
>>Michael Welch
>>  
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>>Michael Welch, michael.welch at homepower.com
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