Comments on: A Mighty Wind Blows through Romney Campaign

By: More Republicans Oppose Romney Position on Wind Tax Credit

More Republicans Oppose Romney Position on Wind Tax Credit — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:41:01 +0000

[…] for Mitt Romney August 26, 2012 By Tina Casey 13 Comments After officially dismissing the role of wind power in the energy future of the U.S., presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced some stiff blowback […]

By: DOE 2011 Wind Technologies Market Report

DOE 2011 Wind Technologies Market Report — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:44:32 +0000

[…] Last week, presidential candidate Mitt Romney caused quite a stir when his campaign confirmed his opposition to extending the wind tax credit, and today The Hill reports that his position hasn’t budged an […]

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:12:00 +0000

Albastru,
You are correct so based on your plan we need to
1) Kill all house cats, they kill many more bird
2) Take down all buildings over 1 story tall, remove windows from the builds left.
3) stop use of all coal
4) Get all you family and friend to leave life.

Yes birth control is great, but no one is bring all their family and friend in to die. So how do you plan to reduce the world population by say 75% in the next 5 years

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 07:03:00 +0000

The critical measurement is bird kills per GWh of power produced.

Wind turbines kill far fewer birds per GWh than coal.

We do not have a perfect solution. We have to go with the best we have.

One million birds per year is a much smaller number than one would suspect.

Glass windows. 100 million up to a billion per year.

House cats 100 million.

Automobile/trucks 50 to 100 million.

Agriculture 67 million.

Oil and gas extraction 1 to 2 million.

Hunting 100+ million.

http://www.currykerlinger.com/birds.htm

When it comes to bird kills one million is insignificant. 400x to 1,000x more are killed by other things.

By: Ross

Ross — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:00:00 +0000

American Bird Conservancy calls for “bird-smart” measures rather than a ban on wind farms. They’re the kind of people that would see the big picture and want to minimise the habitat damage caused by global warming. So-called overpopulation isn’t the big problem as it is a minority of the world’s population that consumes the majority of the resources. The rate of increase has been declining for decades. The total will level out and then decline. What we do need is a global shift to sustainable practices so that the rest of the world population can realistically aspire to the living standards of the developed world.

By: Albastru

Albastru — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:02:00 +0000

Windmills kill nearly half a million birds a year, according to a
FishandWildlife estimate. The AmericanBirdConservancy projected that the
number could more than double in 20 years if the administration
realizes its goal for wind power. For years, the wind energy industry
has had a license to kill golden eagles and lots of other migratory
birds.
Over the past two decades, the federal government has
prosecuted hundreds of cases against oil and gas producers and
electricity producers for violating some of America’s oldest
wildlife-protection laws: the MigratoryBirdTreatyActandEagleProtectionAct.
But the Obama administration has never prosecuted the wind industry
despite myriad examples of widespread, unpermitted bird kills by
turbines. Last June, the Los Angeles Times reported that about 70 golden eagles are being killed per year by
the wind turbines at Altamont Pass, about 20 miles east of Oakland,
Calif. A 2008 study funded by the AlamedaCountyCommunityDevelopmentAgency
estimated that about 2,400 raptors, including burrowing owls, American
kestrels, and red-tailed hawks—as well as about 7,500 other birds,
nearly all of which are protected under the MigratoryBirdTreatyAct—are being killed every year by the turbines at Altamont.
So keep on pushing on this “green energy” while species are going
extinct because people refuse to see the main reason why we are running
out of fuel: OVERPOPULATION. We shouldn’t focus on how we can rape our
planet of more resources we should focus on reducing the world
population and then all the problems will be solved. Check this out: http://www.vhemt.org/.

By: Ross

Ross — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 06:50:00 +0000

At least Bush was likeable even if he was dangerous.

By: Mark Tracy

Mark Tracy — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:56:00 +0000

Romney has shown himself to be a total suck-up to the oil companies, just like Bush was.

By: rkt9

rkt9 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:06:00 +0000

One thing Mr. Romney is good at, is alienating himself from people.