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Wind farms and Melbourne Water

To: "Evan Beaver" <>
Subject: Wind farms and Melbourne Water
From: "Dave Torr" <>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 12:46:42 +1000
In general I am in favour of wind - whilst undoubtedly turbines do
kill birds (and I am sure that some MW sites would have to be ruled
out) I suspect that the number is small compared to the number that
hit other buildings and are hit by traffic. Equally hard to quantify
is whether the sacrifice of a few birds to wind turbines is justified
by the numbers of  birds that could be saved if we manage to reduce
climate change!

On 08/10/2007, Evan Beaver <> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Excellent option for MW, as they have the land and very high
> electricity costs across the organisation. We just need someone to
> solve the bird problem and we can start installing these on a more
> useful scale.
>
> Ev
>
> On 10/8/07, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> > http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/melbourne-waters-big-plans-for-its-biggest-fans/2007/10/07/1191695742343.html
> > shows plans by Melb Water to investigate putting wind turbines at
> > reservoirs and treatment plants. Could be an interesting debate as
> > many of these sites would have a lot of birds.
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> Evan Beaver
> Lapstone, Blue Mountains, NSW
> lat=-33.77, lon=150.64
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