rdove

I think it is so funny that you people comment on subjects that you have no idea about. Like the effect a new wind farm will have on the ecological system of North Padre. I personally live in Nolan County in west Texas where we are the leading producer of wind energy not only in America but in the world. I personally know that there will be a lot more at stake then just birds if they build this farm off the coast. The construction of these turbines is on a unprecedented scale. There is so much other work that people like ya'll don't see from your suburban homes that goes on behind the scenes. These companies dont just put up these turbines and pack up there stuff and go home. There are camps that these companies put up that are not temporary or small by any means. These camps house every crane, tractor and massive trench diggers for underground fiber-optic cable. Then there are sub-stations, not just one but there are 4 of these sub-stations in my area that take up as much land as a small power plant. Not too mention the erection of concrete factories that these giant turbines require. Each turbine requires 13 to 15 cement trucks just to keep it nestled in the ground. Each one of these holes is 20 feet deep. Now just think of all of this stuff but on a national seashore where turtles and various types of sea grass thrive. As I'm sure you have heard this phrase before "there is a time and a place for everything". Yes there is, the time for renewable energy is now and the place is wide open west Texas not our flourishing seashores which en lie endangered animals like Kemp Ridley turtles and Whooping Cranes. Oh and last but not least, the energy that Nolan and Taylor county produces does'nt even go to Texans, it goes to Californians. Just kind of makes you wonder where this electricity is going. You cant make money off what you already have. Before they put up these turbines Texas was already the leading producer of energy.