Comments on: Wind power is least damaging of energy technologies http://rockrivertimes.com/2012/12/12/wind-power-is-least-damaging-of-energy-technologies/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:21:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: James C. Davis http://rockrivertimes.com/2012/12/12/wind-power-is-least-damaging-of-energy-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-8038 James C. Davis Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:32:05 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=42035#comment-8038 Tim Your quote "Let’s END all state and federal subsidies for the polluting, disease-producing, literally planet-killing coal, gas and oil industries" You will have to wait until the sun came up in the morning & go to bed when the sun goes down. You will freeze in the winter & burn up in the summer. Of course there would not be a reason to get up because there wouldn't be any jobs to go to. No gas to run your car. No refrigeration to keep your food. There would be no food, what do you think the tractors run on to grow your food. Peta wouldn't let you use horses or oxen to farm the field. The creeks and rivers are all polluted and there wouldn't be any electricity to pump water. JUST HOW LONG WOULD YOU LIVE IF THERE WAS NO OIL, GAS & COAL. Tim
Your quote “Let’s END all state and federal subsidies for the polluting, disease-producing, literally planet-killing coal, gas and oil industries”
You will have to wait until the sun came up in the morning & go to bed when the sun goes down. You will freeze in the winter & burn up in the summer. Of course there would not be a reason to get up because there wouldn’t be any jobs to go to. No gas to run your car. No refrigeration to keep your food. There would be no food, what do you think the tractors run on to grow your food. Peta wouldn’t let you use horses or oxen to farm the field. The creeks and rivers are all polluted and there wouldn’t be any electricity to pump water.
JUST HOW LONG WOULD YOU LIVE IF THERE WAS NO OIL, GAS & COAL.

]]> By: oldfolkie http://rockrivertimes.com/2012/12/12/wind-power-is-least-damaging-of-energy-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-7649 oldfolkie Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:09:24 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=42035#comment-7649 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] 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]

]]> By: Birdman http://rockrivertimes.com/2012/12/12/wind-power-is-least-damaging-of-energy-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-7458 Birdman Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:26:40 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=42035#comment-7458 The big wind towers have been responsible for the death of many game birds, large birds out in CA and I'm sure even around here for hawks. The stopping of highways to protect a snail happens all the time. If that same logic is use with the "safe" wind turbines, then let's use the same environmental rules held against other industries to the feet of the wind industry. Fair is fair, right? The big wind towers have been responsible for the death of many game birds, large birds out in CA and I’m sure even around here for hawks. The stopping of highways to protect a snail happens all the time. If that same logic is use with the “safe” wind turbines, then let’s use the same environmental rules held against other industries to the feet of the wind industry. Fair is fair, right?

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