On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:13:28 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:


Not to mention that the wind corridor that Pickens is proposing is right
smack dab in the middle of the mid-America flyway for migrating birds.

Wonder how he's going to get around that one.

With the newer technological turbines, I don't believe bird kills are a
concern. Most of the reports of bird kills, go back to the Altamont Pass
turbines, which were an older technology.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006...n_misconce.php

http://www.awea.org/faq/sagrillo/swbirds.html