"Bird-strikes" into
skyscrapers are devastating in numbers, but the ordinary house cat kills many more songbirds than any of today's technologies. (The relatively small island of Key West has about 40,000 housecats and is a major US flyway for migrating songbirds).
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Originally Posted by VtSteve
"...most electric power generation was fueled by coal ..."
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New coal-fired plants are
to be bankrupted.
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I would encourage all the islands to mount as many of the big windmills as would fit - bet Rattle Snake could fit 25 -30, Diamond could fit another dozen, as could Barndoor and Sleepers. With the strong NW winds and no winter usage, payback from selling power back to the grid would be short. What a benefit to the envoronment. And, what an improvement it would be to the beauty of the Lake - should really improve everyone's view!
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Let's take another view at Lake Winnipesaukee and "view":
Lake Winnipesaukee's first windmills should be copies of those off US coasts and be built at "The Witches".
(Improving the "view" of The Witches!)
