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Wind Farm to Be Built Off Texas Coast
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Posted on 05/11/2006 1:22:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: P-40
The only birds in danger will be flying rats.
Migratory birds prefer to catch a tail-wind at a much higher altitude.
Fying Rats.
To: Diddle E. Squat
flashy rainbow streamers on each blade.
To: Minnesoootan
flashy rainbow streamers on each blade. That will attract Big Al's Big Gay Boatride.
To: stuartcr
Why is someone that is concerned about migratory birds, a wacko?Because, in this proposed windfarm scenario, they are dumber than dirt.
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posted on
05/11/2006 1:57:26 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: coconutt2000
To make this thread complete... I must.. i must... Bring up the fact that all those migrant birds are crossing the border illegally.Highjacker. You're on my list.
65
posted on
05/11/2006 1:58:43 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: TexasCajun
I bet the fishing will be great around these man-made "reefs". You bet! Especially with all that chopped-bird "chum" in the water... '-)
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:00:01 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah" = Satan in disguise)
To: NormsRevenge
The nation's largest offshore wind farm will be built off the Padre Island seashore, a critical migratory bird flyway... How dare bird fly in windy areas! Who would have thought of such a thing like birds coasting in windstreams. Next, I bet we'll hear about fish swimming in currents.
Lets put wind farms in still air areas to protect the birds.
-PJ
To: NormsRevenge
Only a stupid liberal environmentalist would assume migrating birds would fly off shore, instead of inland, near food and water sources.
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:04:21 PM PDT
by
TexanByBirth
(Tired of high gas prices, then kick an environmentalist!)
To: TXnMA
Sure beats chumming your own sh%t
To: cripplecreek
I would think that birds would learn to recognize and avoid a threat within a generation or two. Maybe so, but... I had a friend who was night watchman in the museum building that surrounds the 500+ foot tall San Jacinto Monument. On foggy nights in the fall, he would hear a series of loud "THUMP!s" on the roof. The next day he would be passing out loads of ducks and geese (with shattered bills and skulls) to anyone who wanted them...
I doubt that Darwin has decreased that phenomenon...
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:06:40 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah" = Satan in disguise)
To: TXnMA
That has been happening for years. The spotlights used to illuminate the monument at night disorient the ducks and geese and they fly into the monument.
Dirty rice for everyone!
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:15:41 PM PDT
by
TexanByBirth
(Tired of high gas prices, then kick an environmentalist!)
To: glorgau
"I wonder what the output will be when a hurricane blows through."
Unless the technology has changed they would shut down when the winds reach 35 to 40 mph.
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:15:46 PM PDT
by
jwh_Denver
(Illegal immigration 24/7, the GOP ain't making it 24/7, Oil 24/7)
To: Baynative
In the right location, wind power is hardly "marginally effective". It compares very favorably to gas/oil in terms of ROI.
73
posted on
05/11/2006 2:16:55 PM PDT
by
oblomov
(Join the FR Folding@Home Team (#36120) keyword: folding@home)
To: TXnMA
P.S. Welcome back to Texas!
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:17:29 PM PDT
by
TexanByBirth
(Tired of high gas prices, then kick an environmentalist!)
To: D-Chivas
75
posted on
05/11/2006 2:19:07 PM PDT
by
soccer_maniac
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To: demkicker
"Putting a wind farm in a migratory bird flyway is asinine."
There is no such thing as a "migratory bird flyway."
They'll just go around. They're not salmon or lemmings, for pete's sake.
Heard this same garbage about he Alaska Oil Pipeline.
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:26:37 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: cripplecreek
Never mind that those migratory birds ie ducks and dove are being shot at by hunters all the way down the Yucatan penninsula. I am sure that these wind mills will be their biggest challenge on the way South each year.
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:26:44 PM PDT
by
willyd
To: glorgau
78
posted on
05/11/2006 2:27:32 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: NormsRevenge
--- "You probably couldn't pick a worse location, unless you're trying to settle the issue as to how damaging they are to migratory birds," said Walter Kittelberger, chairman of the Lower Laguna Madre Foundation.--- My Company, "ScareCrows LLC", is in the process of making large curtain like Scare Crows to drape around the large wind mills to shooo the birds away. I'll make $$$$ billions! I love America! /humor
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:34:56 PM PDT
by
avacado
To: TexanByBirth
Thank'ee kindly! Now that I'm back in God's Country, I've already announced that the next time I move -- it will be to the cemetery! ;-)
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posted on
05/11/2006 2:36:57 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah" = Satan in disguise)
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