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In reply to the discussion: Silence of the lambs:US government authorized killing of endangered bighorns in path of wind project [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)31. I'm with you freshwest when it comes to remembering old fashioned windmill
and wishing for a less densely populated world.
People who are having large families today are just fooling themselves. The children of those large families are going to struggle to survive in an overpopulated world. And, of course, many of those with large families are Republicans who believe in "freedom." But freedom as they think of it will not be possible in an overcrowded world.
So many fools.
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Silence of the lambs:US government authorized killing of endangered bighorns in path of wind project [View all]
Liberty Belle
May 2012
OP
WTF? I guess I don't fathom how critters and wind towers are incompatible.
FailureToCommunicate
May 2012
#5
This sounds stupid to me. I saw the wind turbins in IA and they farm right around them. It did not
jwirr
May 2012
#6
This article has links to several sources on mass livestock deaths near wind farms:
Liberty Belle
May 2012
#24
thank you for this. they expect some ewes *may* move away from the turbines
magical thyme
May 2012
#28
The Imperial Valley Press had a story on the bighorn running on the freeway.
Liberty Belle
May 2012
#35
I saw them in west Texas my last visit, clustered on mesas standing above the valley floor.
freshwest
May 2012
#11
I think the privatization of the BLM land is a big issue. There is no land in CA that is not very
freshwest
May 2012
#20
Ugh, how horrible. I've been going to Anza-Borrego since about age 14 and have NEVER seen a bighorn.
slackmaster
May 2012
#9
It's been 30 years since I visited there. I walked a pathway near the springs with friends.
freshwest
May 2012
#13
A lot of people are seeing them where they normally haven't frequented before.
Liberty Belle
May 2012
#19
I had an ex work for a summer on solar farms in southern California many years ago. There is a lot
freshwest
May 2012
#14
Simple: There's no profit for big energy companies if we put solar on roofs and go off grid.
Liberty Belle
May 2012
#25