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   KA7DRE said, 3 months ago

   Good Idea . . . Umm lets start there !
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   J K said, 3 months ago

   Or continue to talk Mr. I know the Science, full of hot air!
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

   Well, at least they won’t be losing as much money this way…
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   Bruno Zeigerts said, 3 months ago

   Won’t be chopping any birds this way, either.
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   frank smin said, 3 months ago

   Wow….these scientists bear a remarkable resemblance in thinking to Meister Larson’s researchers in the ‘Eyglass Testing Area’
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   Prof danglais said, 3 months ago

   @Bruno Zeigerts

   Wind turbines represent an insignificant fraction of the total number of bird deaths caused by man-made objects or activities (eg building structures, transmission lines, and domestic cats)." According to the Centre of Sustainable Energy in Bristol, for every bird killed by a turbine, 5,820, on average, are killed striking buildings, typically glass windows.
   Man-made structure/technology

   Associated bird deaths per year (U.S.)

   Feral and domestic cats

   Hundreds of millions [source: AWEA]

   Power lines

   130 million — 174 million [source: AWEA]

   Windows (residential and commercial)

   100 million — 1 billion

   Pesticides

   70 million [source: AWEA]

   Automobiles

   60 million — 80 million [source: AWEA]

   Lighted communication towers

   40 million — 50 million [source: AWEA]

   Wind turbines

   10,000 — 40,000 [source: ABC]
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   curmudgeon68 said, 3 months ago

   I always thought the turbine related bird death argument was spurious.
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   SusanSunshine said, 3 months ago

   They need to come to a new turning point …
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   brightr1 said, 3 months ago

   @Prof danglais

   Yes, but all the other items you mention have a useful purpose.
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    captainofgondor said, 3 months ago

    Darn that Donny Quixote!
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    Dave Marsden said, 3 months ago

    And alignment
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    notsooldguy said, 3 months ago

    Yes, the spacing issue should have been obvious, but then I am reminded of the first mirrors in the Hubble telescope…
    Inexplicable? Yes, but things like that still happen. And then there’s the Boeing 787…
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    le-roy said, 3 months ago

    No no – the spacing is fine, Doctor. If we just use shorter replacement blades, we won’t have to dig them up and re-plant them.
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    bmonk said, 3 months ago

    @le-roy

    You only have to move the middle one?

    +++++
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