Normal Is Boring: We don't, but birds do!

Sunday, May 6, 2007

We don't, but birds do!

Just now I read this article that says windmills are posing threat to birds and other wildlife.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wind4may04,1,4228015.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

The study shows that the huge blades and the turbines pose a potential threat to night migrating song birds and other hunting birds. I totally agree with them. The poor things obviously had no idea a couple of days ago that there would pop up a 100 ft tall thing that would slice them within the blink of an eye.

But evolution is a wonderful thing. How many things haven't changed in the past couple of million years that living things didn't get adjusted to? I would guess that is what is going to happen with this too. If these birds survive the advent of windmills without getting extinct, then there is a very high chance that they learn how to co-exist (I know how unfortunate this is) with the developing world.

I'm afraid only man has a difficult time adjusting with things around him. We don't seem to learn from our past mistakes. But I'm confident the birds would.

Labels: birds, electricity, fossil fuel, global warming, green house gases, melting ice caps, wind energy, windmills

posted by bachi 21:30

4 Comments:

At 08 May, 2007 11:42, Anonymous said…

I read the same article about birds and windmills. I too agree that most living things have some intelligence. But should nothing be done and let the environment get worse? Will the birds be better off? I don't think so.
At 08 May, 2007 11:49, bachi said…

Nope! We do not want the environment to get worse and hence need windmills. That is exactly my point. When one shows so much concern about the birds... I think there are a lot of other ways we can stop doing things that kill birds. One good example - hunting for the selfish pleasure of man.
At 08 May, 2007 12:26, Anonymous said…

BTW - I'm not against windmills. But living in the East Coast area and reading about the propose expenses for the windmills but I'm not sure this the most efficient approach. Wouldn't using the same budget and installing solar panels on peoples homes be a better return? Over 100K homes could be outfitted. 500K if the government refund could be used. This would help the birds, the environment, and homes that need their roofs replaced! See http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzwind255185937apr25,0,6114263.story?coll=ny-business-print
for proposed windmill costs.
At 08 May, 2007 12:37, bachi said…

Hhhmmm... Let us save the birds and the money. Go solar!!!