Comments on: Windmills & Birds: What’s the true price of wind energy?

By: Alex Selby

Alex Selby — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:43:40 +0000

Seeing as it’s government mandated, I can’t imagine the government also demanding a tax be placed on it. While windmills can be an eye sore, they’re only native to certain areas (I’m from upstate New York, don’t see them very often). I know very little about birds (frequency ranges?) But what if they had something “undesirable” to birds to keep them away, as previously mentioned. Is this really any different from deforestation, oil rigging, or mining? (in terms of animals affected)

By: Chris Borer

Chris Borer — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:38:04 +0000

There is definetly another way to solve the problem of birds flying into windmills. Have they ever though of making the windmills safer? The governments needs to stop taxing people to solve problems and just think of a solution without taking our money.

By: Shawn Tomlinson

Shawn Tomlinson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:39:58 +0000

I don’t understand how this many birds can die from windmills. With all of the potential funding coming from the government for alternative energy why isn’t there research on how to solve this problem. Maybe use the tax revenue to try to alleviate this problem on the ecosystem. Why solve one problem by creating another?

By: Bin Lin

Bin Lin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:40:34 +0000

I totally agree with the point the Philip made. Taxing would not be the only way to solve the problem. it’s was an interesting issue, because it just made me realize that no matter how people protect the environment, there are always something would have effect on it. There are many things out there just out of human’s mind.

By: Eugene

Eugene — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:03:07 +0000

I agree with Phillip Jenkins. There are other ways to solve this problem than taxing. For some reason, every government thinks taxes are the solution to every problem + Phillip offered some possibly viable solutions(a frequency that birds don’t like) I like that one simple, cheap and best of all, tax free

By: Olivia Freeman

Olivia Freeman — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:30:10 +0000

I feel like this is such an interesting issue. It really makes me realize just how oblivious I was to just how much a wind mill even has an effect on the environment. When we place something on this Earth it is bound to interrupt with the course of nature in some. Sometimes we forget how even the littlest thing that we do has humans has such a ripple effect across the world. I do feel bad that these birds are dying…but you think that the birds would get the hint right? And stop flying into those large swooping blades.

By: Joshua Johnson

Joshua Johnson — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:11:43 +0000

This was a big eye-opener. I never knew that by me leaving a light on in my house it would effect birds. This proves that conserving energy is very important on many different levels.

By: Cara Cymbala

Cara Cymbala — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:38:38 +0000

I think that the windmills are great. They just sit there are create energy. They don’t pollute the environment, use up our water sources or other resources, and they don’t require a lot of equipment. I think the dead birds are a small price to pay for such a large source of creating energy. Perphaps the birds that have been killed off can be bred and released again into the wild. I’m no bird expert, just a thought.

By: Nathan Ferguson

Nathan Ferguson — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:43:01 +0000

I had a guest speaker in my AGEC 298 class about this today. I honestly dont see a huge problem about the birds. I just wouldnt want to get wind turbine syndrome

By: Leah Keough

Leah Keough — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:36 +0000

This all boils down to the opinion of those who are more environmentally friendly versus those who are more for the needs of us as people. I believe that that our needs come first, and we shouldn’t be this worried about the birds. Yes, it is somewhat tragic, but it comes down to the needs of humans and the abundance of certain species. The ideal solution would be to create something that would keep the birds away, but other than that, I think it is what it is.