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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-11 05:39 PM
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10. That was my 1st thought - how about Death Valley? May be a
stupid question because I know absolutely nothing about Death Valley, but I wouldn't think there would be a whole lot of birds in that area - course there may not be a whole lot of wind either, and the things might just melt.
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  -Calif. company pulls plug on wind farm, citing risk to birds XemaSab  Nov-25-11 04:43 PM   #0 
  - In a related story they are also going to outlaw cars and trucks.  Vincardog   Nov-25-11 04:45 PM   #1 
  - There was no law involved.  tabatha   Nov-25-11 04:47 PM   #4 
  - Wow, some sanity in one place.  tabatha   Nov-25-11 04:46 PM   #2 
  - I think that some people use this as an excuse ... and that some birds are much smarter  zbdent   Nov-25-11 04:47 PM   #3 
  - Lot of thinking going on there.  tabatha   Nov-25-11 04:48 PM   #5 
  - rather than scrap the whole idea, they should have designed bird-friendly  ixion   Nov-25-11 05:12 PM   #6 
  - I agree. nt  ZombieHorde   Nov-25-11 05:17 PM   #7 
     - That has already been done.  kristopher   Nov-25-11 05:39 PM   #9 
        - You are correct. Bird safe wind towers are currently on the market.  avaistheone1   Nov-25-11 06:04 PM   #14 
  - Wow. A company with integrity. The Earth before Profits.  BlueToTheBone   Nov-25-11 05:33 PM   #8 
  - That was my 1st thought - how about Death Valley? May be a  Booster   Nov-25-11 05:39 PM   #10 
  - Indeed the desert is rushed by the wind.  BlueToTheBone   Nov-25-11 05:57 PM   #13 
  - The whole "National Park" thing would pose a problem  XemaSab   Nov-25-11 06:45 PM   #16 
  - I also meant to give the company credit for their decision. I think  Booster   Nov-25-11 05:40 PM   #11 
  - Maybe they can invest in fracking  liberal N proud   Nov-25-11 05:50 PM   #12 
  - wind power can be a ecologically friendly source of power. However, you have to be very careful  mysuzuki2   Nov-25-11 06:08 PM   #15 
 

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