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bluedeathray

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6. Bird strikes are mitigated by
Sat Nov 23, 2013, 06:09 AM
Nov 2013

Adjusting Wind Turbine "cut in" speeds to a higher position during bird migratory times of year. It just means that the turbine won't begin spinning until a higher wind speed is reached. Bats are actually susceptible to generator strikes too.

But I'm still trying to figure out why I didn't here of similar lawsuits when millions of pelicans, seagulls, terns, sandpipers, looneys, ernes, and albatrosses were poisoned by, or lost breeding habitat to oil spills.

Hello! EPA! Is this thing on?

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