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Frank Boyle

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Frank Boyle

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Sat, 8 Dec 2007 01:32:51 -0500

I've worked for an architecture firm in DC for many years now - one of the
larger projects we've had in the hopper for quite a while is a massive wind
farm/public building tax-credit scheme, on a very massive scale in South
Dakota.  One of our managing architects brought this venture capital deal
with him when he joined our firm.  I casually brought up the subject of
turbines and migrating raptors, passerines and bats and he seemed genuinely
surprised that the problem existed.  That's one of two reactions you will
get from the wind energy folks.  The other reaction is a dismissive rebuttal
of the problem.

Sadly, missing from these discourses is a very simple "fix": altering the
design of the turbine blades to produce a sound frequency that birds (and
bats) avoid has proven to be an effective solution.  Not 100%, but it has
been proven in trials to significantly reduce the number of animals killed
in collisions with wind turbine farms.

-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Norm Saunders
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 6:54 AM
To: 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] FW: wind power

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek C. Richardson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 6:49 PM
To: Norm Saunders
Subject: wind power


Hi Norm, I didn't want to post this directly to MDOSPREY in 
case you felt it was inappropriate.  It's an article about 
proposed wind power sites on public MD lands.  I was 
disappointed that there was no mention of the potential 
impact on migrating birds in the article:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.wind06dec06,0,7979303.story
?coll=bal_news_yahoo_head_1

D

-- 
Derek C. Richardson, Laurel, PG County, MD
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/Archives/Photos/birds.html