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Re: Deadly wind turbines
>Having lived in shadow of, and commuted through, the Altamont windfarm for
>a number of years this seems a little off to me. The windfarms consists
>of easily 1,000 turbines and windmills and covers at least 50 square
>miles. I would expect some bird kills and yes the Altmaon is home to some
>endangered/threatened raptors but I would expect that the number of them
>killed would represent a small fraction of the stated numbers. Having
>never seen anyone but maintenance technicians and ranchers working amongst
>the windmills I wonder how the state is collecting the birds.
Kim Merritt
Radiation/Laser Safety Officer
HazMed, Inc.
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA
(757)864-3210
<mailto:k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov>
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed herein are my own and do not
necessarily state or reflect those of NASA or the United States Government,
nor do they represent the official position of NASA.
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