Wind Power Continues To Kill Birds And Bats


	Wind Power Continues To Kill Birds And Bats

yojoe

8-27-2008 11:16 PM

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environment, wind-farms, dead-birds, global-warming

yojoe says:

Scientists have known since 2004 that wind farms kill bats, just as they kill birds, even though the flying mammals should be able to avoid them.

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8-28-2008 12:48 AM

The REAL Napster

Even 'green energy' is bad if not designed right from the start.

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