Hot air and OBP's

["Greg" <>]

Hi Evan,

Thanks for your reply.  As someone involved in the industry do you have 
access to accurate data on the numbers of birds and bats killed by wind 
farms each year?  I appreciate the fact that some impacts can be mitigated 
but still believe that solar would have the least impact on ecosystems.
I am strongly anti-nuclear so am not a pro-nuke person opposing wind farms 
from that direction.  I just don't want us to replace one technology that 
has an adverse impact on the planet with another that, potentially, can have 
a major impact.  The noise and visual pollution are minor issues compared 
with the potential bird and bat kill impacts.  I agree that there are a 
number of other structures and machines (motor vehicles, planes etc.) that 
kill birds and bats but wind farms are now an additional hazard for 
migratory birds and bats to deal with.   So if we want wind farms we have to 
be sure that the level of kill is low enough to not adversely impact on 
populations or whole species.
I think that people presenting the argument that it is a choice between coal 
or wind farms are over-simplifying the issue. There are other viable 
options.

Greg Clancy