So just try and ponder the insects and other food sources of these birds that will no longer be trimmed and with the loss of these great creatures (birds) we will eventually see a severe unbalancing of numerous eco-systems and it will not be nice as far as we are concerned. I personally am in favor of a coal/natural gas combination along with Hydro and let the Nuclear plants run their expected lives and hopefully by then we can transition into a new technology for electric generation . The solar and wind scams are hurting everything on all aspects and Mother Nature can be very swift with retribution ....
Silent Spring...
Better than nuclear? You mean nuclear fission? Nuclear fusion that would be it.
Nuclear fission is actually much cleaner than coal, even if you factor in Fukushima and Chernobyl, and give them some multipliers to be on the safe side.
We are dumping uranium, radium, & radon in the air at a frightening pace from coal plants. Yes, you read that right, coal plants put out more radioactive waste than a nuclear plant, directly into the air and water.
Would take nuclear over fossil any day of the week...
Coal miners can start mining thorium and uranium.