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To: DavesM who wrote (423458)	7/6/2003 2:35:57 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 769670

DavesM, Re: Can you tell me what the impact of huge windmill farms, will have on endangered raptors? It's time for everyone to retire this bugaboo and urban legend. While it is true that in the early days of wind power, 20 or 30 years ago there was a problem of conflicts between birds and blades. This was because the wind generators were operation at high RPMs in unmapped flight paths of migratory birds. Today, the situation is completely different. Protection of birds is a key planning issue for every wind farm. They are no longer allowed on traditional migratory flight paths. Additionally, the rate of rotation of the wind generators has been dramatically reduced to about 15 RPM today, or one rotation every 4 seconds. This rate has been proven to be effective at mitigating (essentially eliminating) bird/blade interactions. *********** As to deserts that can handle solar generation with minimal impact on the bio-diversity, I feel that the Mojave Desert in California is the best fit for solar power in the U.S.

To: DavesM who wrote (423458)	7/6/2003 1:13:07 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Windmills and huge solar panels could be set up all through Nevada except for a few places, southern Utah, eastern Oregon, much of eastern California and parts of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. There are vast stretches where very little wildlife can survive. And they're a lot less harmful than the coal-burning power plants set up by the energy industry three which pollute the air for hundreds of miles around, as well as nuclear waste dumps. This is a big jobs-creating program which could start getting us off Arab oil, eventually permanently.