Huge new wind farm to be built off of Texas coast - 400 foot turbines!!!

[Goosemaster]

or maybe we can put the birds on a chian link like with the old p series msutanges where the magine gun was geared with the propeller so that the bullets could fly through the proller....

nah..that woudl never work....we don't have anythign to shoot at

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: TXHokie
I need to go down there and set up a BBQ or Fried chicken stand (taste like chicken, nobody will notice).

:evil:

 

[marincounty]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Classic NIMBY mentality.

F'em.

They've gone beyond NIMBY...they are now BANANAs (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything).

BTW South Padre Island is a great place to put these wind farms. Corpus Christi is near there and it is the second windiest city in America next to Chicago. Windsailing was extremely popular when I lived there in the early 90s.

Did you read the post? "Jerome Collins of the Sierra Club said his and other groups support wind energy and hoped to work with enery producers to prevent bird deaths and protect the scenic landscape. "

The mainstream of the environmental movement supports wind power.
Wanting to study the environmental impacts of a relatively new and untested technology is not obstructionist, but prudent.
As for the Altamont pass windmills killing lots of birds, I believe these are mostly old
technology windmills, that turn at a faster speed. More modern windmills turn more slowly, reducing the bird kills.
Nice try at blaming environmentalists for the lack of alternative sources of power, your oil soaked gang has been in power for how many years, yet I haven't seen any push to stop using oil, oh yeah, the answer is fuel from coal. Ha ha ha.

 

[imported_goku]

These hippies are so fscking stupid... Wind turbines spin in general very slowly, I don't really see how this would present as a problem for these birds. they need to get their heads out from their asses and look at real world examples of turbines instead of assuming windmills spin at a fast rate like airplanes..

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Minjin
Sounds to me like the turbines are to be placed in the area that yields the most/consistent wind. It makes sense that birds would also use the route that would provide the most tailwind. Guess they'll just have to make the decision between getting home quicker and possible death...and getting there just a little later. I'm sure they'll make the correct choice.

Mark

don't *migratory* birds fly a little higher than that over the ocean, though? I'd imagine that land-based turbines would kill a LOT more birds than ones in the middle of the ocean.

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

I suppose you are a supporter of hydroelectric dams then too.

In terms of power to environmental impact ratio, hydroelectric is pretty good.

Look, I'll be happy when they finally develop fusion, but until then, we have to take what we can get. I'm an environmentalist, but also a realist.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: Engineer
Bah, just put a big ole chickenwire fence around the damn thing!

Haha, thats what I was thinking.

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: Engineer
Bah, just put a big ole chickenwire fence around the damn thing!

Haha, thats what I was thinking.

/thread

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: Engineer
Bah, just put a big ole chickenwire fence around the damn thing!

Haha, thats what I was thinking.

/thread

truly



*waits for article.....local 346 is goign on trike because they feel that $45k/year + benefits is simply not enough for all they have to do to clean out the chicken wire*

 

[petejk]

better we do this...

if we don't...we'll have a lot more do worry about...
like getting global warming thing under control or else we'll ALL be dead...

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
And so hurricane season = uber power?

No, almost all the wind turbines produced are designed to shut down once the wind picks up past a certain speed. Usualy 35-50 MPH.



Also, birds are smart enough to avoid obsticles like these and those who hit them will get a darwin award for helping to improve the species.