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The Ugly Truth About Wind Energy - A must See Video

October 30, 2009 | California | Vetting explained

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For all the “green energy” believers out there, this is a video you have to see.  Each year across America thousands of  eagles, hawks,  owls, falcons, vultures and condors perish at ”green energy” wind farms. This  video will open your eyes and your mind when you see how easily a soaring  vulture is smashed by the innocent looking blades of a prop wind turbine.  Most  Prop wind turbines have blade tips speeds of approximately 200 mph. This video  illustrates why all birds and bats do not have a chance near the spinning blades of a prop turbine. There has been a wind industry cover-up about the bird mortality  problem for decades. Most wind farms have high security so images like this can  not be seen.                                                                                                           

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9srPoOU6_Z4&feature=autofb


I recently came across  this fraudulent statement used by the wind industry in the Final Environmental  Impact Report for the PDV Wind Project in Kern County, CA ………….“Scientific  literature also suggests that diurnal vultures, such as the California condor,  are not at substantial risk for collisions with wind turbines.”

The scientific  community is very aware that each year thousands of vultures of every type are  slaughtered by prop wind turbines. The numbers of dead vultures worldwide  indicates that these slow flying gliders are not at all able to “skillfully”  avoid the 200 mph tip speed of the prop wind  turbine.

Kern County recently gave the wind  industry a permit to construct the large PDV prop wind turbine farm in condor  habitat.  A decision on another large prop wind farm, the Alta Oak Wind Project,  will be given in November 09.  It too will be located in condor habitat.

The public is not aware  that there are alternative wind turbine designs available that do not slaughter  our precious wildlife and they also produce more energy. One of them is produced  by Environmental Technologies LLC.  If the corrupt entities of Wall Street, Washington, and our courts were not  protecting this industry, this terrible problem would already be  resolved.

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