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Old 05-12-2006, 09:23 AM   #3
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Re: Offshore Wind Farm - Padre Island

I think the concern is more due to bird strikes against the blades during storms and such. It's the same concern that folks living in cities with lots of high rise office buildings note (some perish after hitting buildings, antennas, etc.)

How many birds actually perish is of course a mystery. We have no real way of knowing how many die naturally vs. in these other ways.

I'm a proponent of clean, renewable energy, but not a blind one. At the very least, it reminds us all actions have reactions, some of which are unintended.
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