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To: nnillionaire who wrote (139441)	8/6/2008 2:43:45 PM
From: Yogizuna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Even with the killing of some birds, I would still pick the wind farms over nuklear, nucular, oh hell, I mean nuclear power at this point... :) There is always something about alternative energy that some people do not like, like photovoltaics taking up a lot of land, but compared to being overly dependent on foreign oil, they look very good in comparison.

To: nnillionaire who wrote (139441)	8/6/2008 5:07:54 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

RE:"Utilities execs don't seem prone to force these issues with the environmentalists, animal rights groups, and local citizen groups, as those groups have proven very formidable." Where is the evidence that large modern wind turbines kill a lot of birds? Whenever I see them they seem to turn rather slowly. High tension transmission wires do do in some birds. The wind corridor in the US is relatively uninhabited. You must be thinking of Marthas vinyard or other elite haunts. Lot of worthless land in West texas and the Dakotas. Until now.