[lonestar67]

Like clockwork.

as an alternative energy form reaches economic viability—

Presto

Like magic an abundance of reasons why it is an environmental threat.

Environmentalists want nothing except an end to capitalism.

[neodad]

I like to joke with my kids that these things are alien housing projects, or cylon baseships. What a waste of money.

[DTogo]

"If an agricultural pesticide killed as many birds as these turbines probably are, they'd be regulated right out of the market," Kendall said, adding one report in Canada found a single turbine could kill more than 100 birds a night.

Probably... could... maybe... kinda... sorta...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Oh, Boo-freakin’ Hoo!

Like there aren’t enough Canada Geese to go around. Rats with wings.

[Prokopton]

Nothing ruins a pristine landscape like huge windmills. The same people who support these monstrosities in fragile environments oppose small oil drills in desolate frozen tundras or barely visible nuclear powerplants.

Liberals are insane.

[mc5cents]

Oh! The birdamity!! Stop the slaughter.

[digger48]

Posh!!! they'll have absolutely NO impact on the "pristine" environment

Nor will Solar....

[Logical me]

Did King Obama give a shi@. Just part of his childlike destruction of the oil, coal, and nuke source of energy.

[1_Rain_Drop]

hmmm, these wind mills may not be a bad idea after all!
Imagine getting up early in the morning, going out into the field and picking up fresh meat for the day.
yeah, gross thought.

Any spotted owls spotted near these windmills?

[cranked]

PETA is all over this.....

[Keith in Iowa]

WIldlife can, and will adapt to their environment. The stupid ones will die - it’s natural selection in action.

[maryz]

The spinning blades - many of which are more than 100 feet in length - present a unique challenge for birds and bats,

Didn't anyone but me remember that this was what happened the last time the left pushed windmills for energy -- back in the 70s, I think -- until they discovered that birds can't see the blades when they're spinning? Don't they have any new lousy ideas? :(

[VeniVidiVici]

I think if they filled the blades with Snail Darters or Spotted Owls, the resulting sound would scare the birds away.

[spokeshave]

"the mere presence of the mammoth towers could disrupt one the area's most threatened inhabitants, the lesser prairie chicken."

Lesser spotted prairie chicken....Ha! .....

.....I was more thinking of the human race.

1. The high speed shadow of the blades causes epileptic fits...

2. Noise...particularly at night... when humans try to get some sleep.

3. Disintegrating great blades are hurled all over the countryside causing maim-death

[pvoce]

I live out here in West Texas, and live next to the world’s largest Wind Ranch (NOT farms ;) ).

We rather like them out here. They’re actually quite fascinating and majestic. We really don’t care how many buzzards they kill. We especially like “wind rights”, much like mineral rights, which means we get paid for something we usually call a necessary annoyance - West Texas wind.

Infrastructure? Bring it. They’re aint much else out here.
Its provided us with another “oil boom” if you will, and we don’t have to worry about it running out;)

Is it a cure-all? Not by any means. But we are a perfect place for Wind energy.

[Eye of Unk]

Has anybody ever thought that maybe having a ring of wind turbines around airports may make for safer air travel?

[EggsAckley]

DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW.

[ridesthemiles]

News to me that a “prairie chicken” can regularly fly as high as the blades on a turbine.

Feed the dead birds to the homeless.

[blf1776]

See this link for how wind farms mess up weather radar.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287639/posts

[Nuc1]

...the lesser prairie chicken.

You realize this implies there is a greater prairie chicken?