Comments | bice: Why I'd like to cuff David Suzuki on the ear

bice

Why I'd like to cuff David Suzuki on the ear

Aug 28, 2008 08:22

I know some people are sick of my ranting about wind farms. Just bear with me while I make a couple of points:

1. I am not against wind power. Wind power GOOD ( Read more... )

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bice August 28 2008, 12:41:02 UTC

Yeah, Raven tells me that they've also made steps to solve the "flicker" effect (where the fins flashing in front of the sun cause rapid shade/sun alterations that can maybe potentially affect epilepsy, but also more definitely mess with prey birds and rodents and things and are just generally distracting. So what they can do is erect giant screens in front of the giant turbines, which won't break the wind but will dull flicker by evening out the shadow.

You know, of course, that a bunch of the companies putting these things up are subsidiaries of oil companies. Which pretty much settles the motivation questions right there, IMHO.

bice August 28 2008, 12:44:13 UTC

Oh hey, and (being a little slow) I just now realized - that means that the oil companies can buy Carbon Credits (whole other rant) FROM THEMSELVES!! NEAT!!!!

heropiatedoll August 29 2008, 04:46:37 UTC

Dude...there's a human race office?? You mean I CAN FORFEIT MY MEMBERSHIP AS WELL?!?!?!?

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT THIS 10 YEARS AGO?!?!?!?

No strings attached bice August 29 2008, 12:18:52 UTC

Oh yeah, yeah - they don't like to publicize, right, because they're short staffed. But it's in that dingy little hole behind the liquor store, up the steps and hang a left. Takes about six months for them to process the paperwork, and you can expect still to be charged your monthly fee during that time, but once everything goes through they'll refund whatever your balance is... usually amounts to about a nickel and a cup of coffee.

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bice August 29 2008, 20:11:29 UTC

Yes, the pressure doesn't affect birds, bats are just really susceptible to changes in pressure. The bodies they've been finding have no external marks, just severe internal haemmorage and lung collapse. Almost nobody actually gets physically creamed by the rotors since they redesigned the towers. (Originally the towers were scaffold-style, and eagles nested in them, and I guess there were some pretty ugly accidents. But they fixed that.)