Stdy says (at least) 7 eagles killed at wind farms in five years

That's likely a low estimate, though. With all the things that humans now place in the path of migratory birds, it's amazing that . . . And shouldn't a coal-fired power plant or two (or more) have been shut down by now with all this wind development? Or is wind energy just giving developers and their fellow land rapists an excuse to categorize their "developments" as "green?" Read about the eagle-death study right here.

Offshore wind turbine farm coming to Outer Banks, N.C. - most likely

I am all for alternative energy. You bet. But I still have not heard of a single coal-fired power plant - anywhere - being shut down because its output was replaced by that from wind farms and solar panels. If anything, all we're doing by erecting the big wind turbine towers is making it easier for sprawl developers to claim that their new fangled housing project is somehow "green." Yes, this is bullshit. Here's an article about wind turbine farms going up in the Atlantic off North Carolina's fabled Outer Banks barrier island.