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Absent a MAJOR legislative push from the government that drives fossil fuel generators out of business, wind is going to die within the next 15 years.
And I'm certain you have a peer-reviewed study published in a "real grown-up journal" to back that up, right?
It is unreliable and grotesquely expensive for what you get.
And I'm certain you have a peer-reviewed study published in a "real grown-up journal" to back that up, right? I particularly want to see the part about a system with zero fuel costs being "grotesquely expensive".
It does nothing to reduce the carbon footprint
Really? Medic! Medic! We need a reality check over here ASAP!
and murders endangered bird species at a rate far, far above every other source of avian lethality on this planet.
And I'm certain you have a peer-reviewed study published in a "real grown-up journal" to back that up, right?
Yes, don't bother to trot that "study" out that shows buildings kill between 3 million and 60 million birds...any study that has that huge a variance is simply not credible in any scientific field. And even if it were true, those are NOT rare and endangered raptors being killed.
So you want to ignore the study that shows a MINIMUM of 3 millions birds killed annually by buildings because it might actually be as high as 60 million. Got it. And is it your vast experience in the scientific field that allows you to tell us what sort of variance is and is not acceptable in any of them? I had no idea. You certainly hide your light under a bushel and a half! And this is an amazing revelation! Buildings are able to DISCRIMINATE as to which species they kill! That is amazing - absolutely FUCKING amazing.
Windmills alone kill those types of birds.
Oh, this is getting funny. I'm certain you have a peer-reviewed study published in a "real grown-up journal" to back that up, right?
And also don't forget the millions of bats killed every year too. They don't get killed by buildings (sonar helps them avoid them don't you know) at all....but they are chopped to bits by windmills.
Millions? And, to BITS? Really? Bits?!? Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Dick Van Dyke in "Mary Poppins"? No? Too bad.
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