RE Bird Kills [RE-wrenches]

[Tom Lane, Energy Conservation Services]

any one concern about bird kills should get a copy of my book --HOW TO FEED
YOUR FAMILY ON ROAD  KILL 1988 EDITION contact me off list  Gator  Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Owen" <graham at solarexpert.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: RE: RE Bird Kills [RE-wrenches]


> The most twisted aspect of the bird kill theory is that some of the
> loudest dissenting voices are from individuals and groups who just want
> more birds to shoot.  I recall about eleven years ago when Ducks
> Unlimited was working on their Piute Project, which involved pumping
> ground water up to provide resting areas for ducks on the flyway
> migratory route (as well as a private place for officers to hunt since
> this was on Edwards Air Force Base land).  I knew the late chairman of
> DU, Albert McKee, and he was very concerned about the number of ducks
> that would be killed flying through the Tehachapi wind farms.  A couple
> of years ago I met a person named Jeff Kober who's primary job is
> servicing the large turbines in Tehachapi, which disconnect when the
> main plug is pulled by three 360 degree rotations of the top of the
> turbine.  Jeff mentioned to me that he had never seen dead ducks, very
> few dead birds but a considerable number of dead bats at the base of the
> wind towers.  I don't know why bird kills are still an issue, but I did
> listen to Senator Murkowski of Alaska, addressing the Senate on CSPAN,
> call wind turbines "nothing more than Quisinart's for birds".  He also
> mentioned that renewable energy was a one legged stool that couldn't
> stand on its own merits.  Perhaps this stool should be turned upside
> down for him and others to sit on.
>
> Graham
>
> P.S. DU does do a lot of good work and habitat restoration, which
> results in larger numbers of healthier ducks.
>
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