Monday, November 07, 2005

wind energy

Read about this thought-provoking topic

An excerpt:
"There's always going to be some collateral damage (studies at Altamont seem to suggest around 10 raptors per year per turbine); but then there's a lot of collateral damage from nonwind power generation plants, as well, such as air pollution and climate change. By focusing so heavily on the not-astronomical wildlife losses, environmentalists risk coming across as nothing-is-good-enough whiners."

The perfect is the enemy of the good
Voltaire

1 comment:

KM said...

A big difference with wind turbines is that we get very little from them. Their "not-astronomical" impact on wildlife dwarfs their even more miniscule energy contribution.