[RightWhale]

Wind power is a darned silly idea. What worked for a lone farm on the prairie in the 20s is nothing but a feel-good gesture now. It's also not fair to the raptors, who after all, are just trying to scavange the guts of crushed songbirds off the giant blades when they themselves get whacked.

[Roughneck]

>>Wind power is a darned silly idea<<

I a lot of places, sure. Out here in West Texas, the wind is always blowing, nothing but desert grasslands, and the developement of wind farms...good investment unless the environits wourk their way out here and jabber-jaw about some grackle gettin' hurt...

[Koblenz]

Wind power is a darned silly idea.

Powering 100% of the grid through wind power is darned silly. Powering 2% or 5% of the grid through wind power can be economically viable. Windmills obviously have to be built where there's a lot of wind, and on a plains or even on pylons in the ocean. Solar power is currently not good for much more than powering a calculator. But with wind power, they've gotten it advanced technologically enough now that for relatively small amounts of power, you can do it economically. Best if you have a windy desert....

22,000 birds over 20 years isn't that many, probably as many as are killed by FedEx trucks or something.

[newgeezer]

Wind power is a darned silly idea. What worked for a lone farm on the prairie in the 20s is nothing but a feel-good gesture now.

Hoping my friend biblewonk is still a willing evangelist, I'll defer to him.