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In reply to the discussion: RESIDENTS OF OCOTILLO AND BOULEVARD SPEAK OUT, SHARE SAFETY FEARS AFTER TURBINE BLADE FALLS [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)And has absolutely no issues...none...at all...and all claims of failures and fires are the figment of our collective imaginations. There is more, bird deaths are not happening, just ask CWEA, or AWEA...
They will tell you all this is a plot....by people who hate wind and want to stop them. Do me a favor, avoid looking for pictures of burning turbines, for example.
And people near these plants, they are plants, are also imagining it...all of it. Worst, somebody is paying them...
Cause we know wind is as pure as a baby's bottom.
Oh wait, bird take permits are issued...contrary to the industry's talking points... As in for real, as in required by American Federal and State law...I suspect Canadian as well.
We know there are some issues.
And some of us are not ostriches and will not hide head in sand.
Are these cleaner than oh coal? Yes... Safer than Nuclear? Sure.
But they are not pure.
Is power produced by these more expensive, so far yes...just don't ask the industry. In fact, locally, three times more expensive.
I linked to the PBS page for one simple reason you will and have missed, since wind is pure. Over the last two years we are seeing a move away from absolute denial there might be an effect to human health (birds been known for a decade or more) to maybe we are having issues and gee, we need to do this thing called public health and yes, science.