Wind Farms: Do they kill birds?
Ron House
deaths from wind farms on climaterealists.com. I immediately asked
myself: "Is that really true?" I wanted to know the right answer to this
question, whether or not I liked it. If we want to create a peace legacy
for future generations, to safeguard the planet for both humans and our
non-human friends, we need to know the truth.
The issue is this: the story above claims that millions of birds are
killed by wind farms. But a "green" friend I mentioned this to told me
that this is absurd: she had studied wind farms in depth, she had
personally visited them, and they were the safest, most
wildlife-friendly places imaginable; the blades rotate so sedately
nothing could possibly be killed by them; and there wasn't a dead or
injured bird to be found anywhere around about. She went so far as to
wonder if the writers of the above article weren't simply lying through
their teeth.
The paradox I was struggling with was this: my green friend is without
doubt one of the most truthful people I know. I did not doubt her
account for a second. Equally, it seemed impossible that anyone could
write such a credible-sounding article as the one linked above. Two
truthful sources in direct contradiction - I needed facts that no one
could dispute, because if lies are involved (and who won't at least
wonder about the possibility?), it isn't good enough to merely discover
the truth; I also needed it in a form that would allow anyone to prove
it for themselves.So here's what I did. Read more:
http://peacelegacy.org/articles/wind-farms-do-they-kill-birds
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Ron House
Building Peace: http://peacelegacy.org
Australian Birds: http://wingedhearts.org
Principle of Goodness academic site: http://principleofgoodness.net