Hi there birders,
The debate over windfarms seems to have "blown over" for a while. Is
everyone out of puff???
An interesting variation on this theme is the concept of "windcrofting".
If every farm in the UK "planted" just one small wind turbine generating
electricity, they could supply 50% of the power needs of the UK.
This is according to an article on this site:
http://ecostreet.com/blog/?p=286
From a birding perspective, I wonder what impact these much smaller
turbines would have on the bird life. I seems to me that, because of
their much smaller size (15 metres)the local birds would be more aware
of their presence and so theoretically there would be fewer deaths. The
other side of the argument would say that there would be more deaths
because there would be many more of them everywhere. Just a thought.
--
Trevor Hampel
Murray Bridge
South Australia
Check out my BLOGS (web logs):
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http://www.trevorstravels.com
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