Subject: Windfarm good news in the US
One of the good law in the USA is the coal fired power stations are required to
report bird mortalities. In Australia they don't have any such law. In the US
there have been reports of up to 3000 per night at one coal fired power station.
What about the thousands of deaths a year by planes, trains and cars. Thousands
have been killed by cyanide & lead mining accidents. Thousands are killed by
poisonous algae blooms caused by excess phosphates added to waterway. Don't
forget the plastic, fishing line and fish hook deaths.
During a study we did at the Blayney windfarm (on the banks of Carcoar dam) when
first started we has 6 deaths in the first year. One manmade death is to many
but are we going to ban all power stations, transport, fishing, and mining.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Clifford
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 11:44 AM
To: Greg
Cc: Dave Torr; Terry Bishop; John Edwards;
; Birding-aus; Leonie Blain
Subject: Windfarm good news in the US
Greg,
What is demand management? Is it similar to the technique used here
Post-WW2, when demand for electricity outstripped supply - Blackouts?
Carl Clifford
On 09/04/2007, at 11:11 AM, Greg wrote:
It is a shame that people are putting around the myth that only
people with a vested interest in the coal industry or those that
suffer from the NIMBI syndrome are opposing wind farms. There is a
real threat to birds and bats and, especially in Australia where
solar energy could provide most of our energy needs, wind farms are
not needed. It is true that global warming is the greater threat but
the loss of countless birds and bats to wind farms is not acceptable
when there are alternatives (solar and demand management).
If you follow your line of argument further Dave we could reopen the
duck season in NSW and allow egg collecting as these impacts are not
as great a threat as global warming.
Sorry for buying into this again but the earlier comments had to be
answered.
Greg Clancy
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