Hi John, Peter and all others.
I just want to give my agreements in this discussion, adding that most
people have windows in their houses, and how many birds do fly into the
glasses and get killed? Or badly hurted? Just a comment...
Anna Sternfeldt

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Hi John,

My golly, you've put this SO well!

Them's my own thoughts too, but I could not have put them better than
you have below.

I'm one who values all life except flies, but I even feel guilty
spraying them horrible little critters because I can imagine myself in
their position.

If we decide against wind power then we are left with photovoltaics.
These marvellous (but as yet far too expensive) modules just sit there
injuring no creature. Mind you, it's a bit the other way around
actually - when birds poop on them.

I yearn for the greater developments of photovoltaics and wish
Australia would take the lead in this so efficiently that we become
suppliers to the world.

Peter Bright
tasmania

--- In ClimateChangeAction@..., "John Hill"
<wynhill@...> wrote:
Dear Anne:

A lesser evil is still an evil but it is, as we know, a lesser evil
and, therefore, unless we have better alternatives, and we are forced
to make a choice, the lesser evil is the way to go.

Coal, nuclear, and oil-fired power plants all kill far more than the
occasional bird.

This is not to say we shouldn't think hard about how to make them
windmills less likely to kill birds. Apparently, the new ones have
slower-moving blades which are likely to cause less trouble and there
are ways of making the blades more visible, and more visibly moving
and dangerous, to scare birds off.

To live in this world it is impossible to not kill other creatures -
the point is to keep it to a minimum and keep thinking about how to
reduce the incidents still further.

John the Sinner Hill






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