OOH NOOZZZ, the bats

[soda72]

Ok that does it, we should stick with coal...

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7581990.stm

Bats are at risk from wind turbines, researchers have found, because the rotating blades produce a change in air pressure that can kill the mammals.

I wonder if this will slow down T. Boone Pickens plan?

[Ripsnort]

I wonder if this will slow down T. Boone Pickens plan?

 

[ChickenHawk]

Wind turbines have been killing birds by the score for years.  I'm surprised it took them this long to find the dead bats.

Watch closely for a call to ban all wind turbines as environmentally destructive machines.

If anyone stopped to think about it long enough, all you would have to do is put a thin wire mesh around the things.  Problem solved.

[Ripsnort]

"Oh the humanity!"

Wind turbines disengrate too.   If its manmade, its only a matter of time before it breaks.

[lasersailor184]

Disintegrate.

[Airscrew]

Disintegrator...

[Gunslinger]

There was one featured on the Natgeo ch the other day that dealt with a helical shape.  It worked from wind blowing in any direction, was not suseptable to ice, and was safe for wild life as well. 



edit, they are also extremly quiet