Today's solution-tomorrow's problem?

[Stewart Farber <farbersa@optonline.net>]

Hello all:



RE: "Review Sought for Wind Power Impacts on Wildlife"



Regarding alternate energy impact concerns for wind energy which have been 

discussed at times on Radsafe, see:



http://ens-news.com/ens/jun2003/2003-06-25-09.asp#anchor6



In part from the above:



"Wind power should be a part of our energy future, but it won't live up to its 

environmentally friendly reputation if we're not careful about how and where we 

build it," said Mike Senatore, director of the legal department at Defenders of 

Wildlife, one of the groups that signed the letter. 



"If we do it right, we'll have another source of clean energy,” he said. “If we 

do it wrong, we'll kill hundreds of thousands of migratory birds every year." 



Current plans for the wind turbines, which can rise as much as 400 feet above the 

surrounding terrain, call for hundreds of the structures along ridges in the 

Appalachian range along documented migratory routes for songbirds, hawks, and 

many other migratory species. Existing turbines have been implicated in the 

deaths of warblers and other songbirds in West Virginia and elsewhere....."



To paraphrase Bob Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind":



"How many deaths will it take till we've learned..

That too many birds have died....

The problem my friend is blowing in the wind...

The problem is blowing in the wind....



Stewart Farber, MSPH

Air Pollution Control











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