[All] Fire in the Sky!

[Neil E Taylor]

Peter is right about the white nose fungus.  Whole caves have been wiped out
by this and it is spreading rapidly in N. America.

Neil.  

 

 

 

From: Peter Kofler [mailto:sustainab at hotmail.com] 
Sent: March-07-12 12:07 PM
To: neiletaylor at sympatico.ca; all at gren.ca
Subject: RE: [All] Fire in the Sky!

 

Have you tried doing a simple search using criteria like "bat fatalities"? I
got dozens of hits using Google, but it doesn't matter which search engine
you're using. You'll find that wind turbine operators and interest groups
are studying this phenomenon all over North America and beyond. As it turns
out, considerable work is in progress and has, in fact, been published. 

 

Wind turbine operators are concerned about it, and it is a critical issue
along major migratory flyways like Wolfe Island, but I suspect the fatality
numbers pale in comparison with, for example, white nose disease. Humans are
implicated as one of the vectors of this fungal disease, thought to have
been imported from Europe, where bat populations seem to have developed an
immunity to it.

 

As far as bird fatalities go, see the attached link:
<http://www.sibleyguides.com/conservation/causes-of-bird-mortality/>
http://www.sibleyguides.com/conservation/causes-of-bird-mortality/ to put
things into perspective. Wind turbines are way down the list of possible
causes of fatalities but this, too is being studied closely by wind turbine
operators and others and there are published studies to attest to this. The
top 3 causes of bird fatalities as listed in the referenced link? - Windows,
feral cats and high tension wires. 

 

Where's the outcry against windows/buildings, cats and high tension wires?

 

PK

 

 

 

> From: neiletaylor at sympatico.ca
> To: all at gren.ca
> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 20:15:13 -0500
> Subject: [All] Fire in the Sky!
> 
> Bats are huge victims of this "clean energy option", however little has
been
> published about this.
> 
> Neil (E. Taylor)
> 
> From: all-bounces at gren.ca [mailto:all-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of
> rabrosius at gmail.com
> Sent: March-06-12 5:06 PM
> To: Andrea Chappell; all-bounces at gren.ca; all at gren.ca
> Subject: Re: [All] FW: Fw: Fire in the Sky!
> 
> Andrea,
> 
> Good work! There's always a bit beyond what meets the eye, and this kind
of
> story is easily planted to undermine clean energy options.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry Torch on Bell Mobility.
> 
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> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:21:10 
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> Subject: Re: [All] FW: Fw: Fire in the Sky!
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