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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (573719)	6/25/2010 6:07:48 PM
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Bats are a bigger problem than birds "In the eastern United States, up to 41 bats are killed annually for every megawatt of wind energy generated along forested ridge tops, the report said. " (report by the National Research Council, the research arm of the Academy of Sciences) articles.sfgate.com Birds at Altamont Pass Anyone who has investigated the issue of bird mortality and windmills has heard of Altamont Pass, an area of rolling grasslands near San Francisco studded with 4000 wind turbines. Marching across the landscape in platoons and columns, the turbines, each with its whirling blades, resemble supersize barbed wire fencing. Estimates put the number of birds killed annually at Altamont Pass at 4,700, about 1,300 of them raptors (Golden Eagles, hawks, Burrowing Owls and other birds of prey). annually annually annually annually Read more at Suite101: Birds and Windmills: The Whirling Blades of Wind Turbines Can be Deadly to Birds birds.suite101.com

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