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To: Bill who wrote (109107)	4/13/2005 8:11:01 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 793957

The new larger wind turbines are less harmful to birds because the blades turn much slower. However, you still need to be careful about where you put them. Lots of birds are killed by flying into buildings and radio towers at night and during foggy weather, so I expect the same thing could happen with poorly sited wind farms. Also there's a new problem with wind farms on forested hills resulting in high bat mortality. Every energy source seems to have some kind of down side, unfortunately.

To: Bill who wrote (109107)	4/13/2005 8:11:15 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793957

It would be a shame to have gone through all the trouble of saving some of these birds, like raptors and osprey only to chew them up with windmills. Yes, hard to tell how valid the concern.