Incidentally, I broke down and resorted to Weed and Feed on my lawn this Spring. I had some invasive weeds in my grass. I've found 3 dead robins so far. The stuff should be banned, in my opinion. I'll never use it again.
Incidentally, I broke down and resorted to Weed and Feed on my lawn this Spring. I had some invasive weeds in my grass. I've found 3 dead robins so far. The stuff should be banned, in my opinion. I'll never use it again.
It sounds like we need to ban windows for the sake of the birds!
There is a windy area in this general area. The homeowners lost their fight against the wind turbines, and they are going up.
This is green energy compared to other sources. The turbines are immense and the homeowners object based on ascetic considerations. They value their view.
What do you think. This has been a huge controversy in these parts.
no, we should ban birds for the sake of windows, i've had windows broken 3 times by suicidal magpies in breeding season, and the bastards love to swoop people too.
they ain't exactly little birds.
Where is "in these parts" that you are refering to? I'd be interested to read a local article about it if you have one.
Ahh, but you've got to count those 130-174 mil from the powerlines fed by the wind turbines........ :mrgreen:Man-made structure/technology
Associated bird deaths per year (U.S.)
Feral and domestic cats
Hundreds of millions [source: AWEA]
Power lines
130 million -- 174 million [source: AWEA]
Windows (residential and commercial)
100 million -- 1 billion [source: TreeHugger]
Pesticides
70 million [source: AWEA]
Automobiles
60 million -- 80 million [source: AWEA]
Lighted communication towers
40 million -- 50 million [source: AWEA]
Wind turbines
10,000 -- 40,000 [source: ABC]
HowStuffWorks "Do wind turbines kill birds?"
Which reminds me...Screw birds. Have you ever thought to yourself "Man, where are all the birds? I sure wish there were more birds around."
No, you haven't.
Screw birds. Have you ever thought to yourself "Man, where are all the birds? I sure wish there were more birds around."
No, you haven't.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Screw birds. Have you ever thought to yourself "Man, where are all the birds? I sure wish there were more birds around."
No, you haven't.
Screw birds. Have you ever thought to yourself "Man, where are all the birds? I sure wish there were more birds around."
No, you haven't.
If someone wants to put up a windmill that intrudes on another's field of view, or, worse, is close enough to his home to be heard, then that person has every freedom to lodge formal protest in the appropriate court.
He can also use this archaic legal device:
So, people have a Constitutional right to object to those dumb ass windmills.
Wind turbines are a failed technoledgy, and have no place in a neighborhood. They're an eyesore, a noise poluter, and do not genorate electriciy relyably.
Because they can be sold politically as environmentally friendly power sources, of course!Only from a tea bagging conservative.
Why do the European nations use these wind turbines?
Only from a tea bagging conservative.
Why do the European nations use these wind turbines?
I don't follow...Because the US is going backwards back to Reaganism.