Energy for the New AgeAt least consider it!

Recent studies have found that bats are dying the most painful of deaths near industrial wind turbines due to a sudden drop in air pressure in the wake of the spinning blades which have a span are wider than that of a 747 aircraft. The sudden drop in air pressure causes the bat’s lungs to expand and explode. The bat then drowns. This is the same thing that can happen to scuba divers when they come up too quickly. The National Audubon Society has been marching in lockstep with wind developers and blindly supports industrial scale wind farms. Their position is that what ever wildlife deaths the turbines cause is more than made up for by the reduction of green house gasses. However, reports from the National Academy of Sciences show that because industrial wind turbines cannot function without fossil-fuel burning power plants, and because the wind is unreliable, the reduction of green house gases by wind energy is negligible. Studies in Europe show the same results. So what does the National Audubon Society get for trading wildlife deaths? Big donations from wind developers and power companies. Please take a moment to write the national office and ask them to rethink their position on wind energy. The bats will thank you.

The arrival of the Romney Marsh wind turbine blades/ propellers from Dans taxis car!!

Technical animation explaining how wind turbines work to the music of Sandstorm, by Darude

www.good.is/ecosystem Our planet is a fragile ecosystem. To keep it in balance, well have to figure out how to harness nature to generate clean, affordable energy. Catapult Design in San Francisco has one answer. Their turbines are cheap and practical, and can power a light or charge a cell phone in villages that are off the grid.

Residents living inside of a wind farm in the town of Byron, Fond Du Lac County Wisconsin, talk about how the wind farm has changed their lives and why it has pushed them to put their house up for sale and move. Transcript: DAN AND JULIE JULLICKSON Interveiw Fond du Lac County Wisconsin Q So what can you tell us about the wind turbines in this area here? What’s your experience with them? Have you had any adverse effects. Dan: The only thing is the noise– Julie: Well, first of all it’s an eyesore this used to be all country. They have these red lights and they all seem to flash at the same time, so you feel like you’re living in the middle of an airport. Actually, I call it an industrial park. I now feel like I’m in the middle of an industrial park. And they do make noise. We’re getting a southwest wind. If you walk over there you’re going to hear these two [points to turbines] making their noise. Q: I hear some noise right now. Is that what I hear? Julie: Yeah. That’s not an airplane, that’s the wind turbine. Step over here. There’s two of them back here. You hear that? Q: That’s loud. Dan: I can hear it at night when I’m laying in bed. Julie: We have a brand new addition right in the back of the house and you can hear that. Q: Now, you have your house up for sale. Is it because of the wind turbines? Julie: It pushed us– it’s not the only reason, we want to get closer to our family— but it pushed us to giddy-up and get out. Because we knew it when it was peaceful …