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Wind farms killing bats, scientists say
Scotsmans.com ^ | 04.01.11

Posted on 04/15/2011 6:41:31 AM PDT by Perdogg

Wind turbines are killing many thousands of bats in North America and contributing to a population decline that may be costing agriculture billions, researchers have claimed.

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1 posted on 04/15/2011 6:41:33 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

Hilarious. The do-gooders are destroying the planet.


2 posted on 04/15/2011 6:42:39 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: skeeter

On the plus side of this, now we know what some of those KFC pieces really are. Thank you. eco-nuts.


3 posted on 04/15/2011 6:45:50 AM PDT by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: Perdogg

As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.


4 posted on 04/15/2011 6:55:32 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Perdogg

Leftists, and their unintended consequences once again.

Without bats to fill their cranial cavities, their heads will be shaped like raisins.

....but the plus is they will be easier to identify.


5 posted on 04/15/2011 6:57:26 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Perdogg

Are the wind farms killing any moonbats?


6 posted on 04/15/2011 6:58:46 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

“Are the wind farms killing any moonbats?”

Possibly..

http://www.wind-works.org/articles/ASummaryofFatalAccidentsinWindEnergy.html


7 posted on 04/15/2011 7:09:22 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Perdogg
Uh-Roh!
8 posted on 04/15/2011 7:10:27 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Perdogg

IMHO, these windmills are a piss poor way to pimp the passage of Cap and Tax laws. Billboards with a bunch of Algore’s maggot-infested hippies saying, “We Want Your Money” would have been a lot safer. For the bats anyway.


9 posted on 04/15/2011 7:20:45 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't wait until the next "threatened" government shut down! Visit a National Park today!!!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I am glad I don’t live near any the insect population must be growing.


10 posted on 04/15/2011 7:32:40 AM PDT by scooby321
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"I am glad I don’t live near any the insect population must be growing."

I was thinking the same thing. A reduction in the bat population will facilitate a rise in mosquito-borne diseases.

11 posted on 04/15/2011 7:38:49 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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“A reduction in the bat population will facilitate a rise in mosquito-borne diseases.”

DDT can solve this problem.


12 posted on 04/15/2011 7:50:36 AM PDT by east1234 (Cut, Kill, Dig and Drill!)
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To: hal ogen

Yes I can’t understand why the govt doesn’t publicize this very significant benefit of wind turbines:

shredded poultry for the starving victims of the Baraqqi Depression


13 posted on 04/15/2011 7:52:46 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Joe 6-pack

In that case, the recipients of the mosquitos will likely be those who demanded windmills in their state, right?


14 posted on 04/15/2011 7:56:58 AM PDT by Pecos (Liberty and Honor will not die on my watch.)
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"In that case, the recipients of the mosquitos will likely be those who demanded windmills in their state, right?"

Probably not. Nothing says "NIMBY" more than wind farms. Liberals like to lobby hard for them, but usually want them located very far from where they might have to see them.

15 posted on 04/15/2011 8:00:47 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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