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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Peter is right about the white nose
fungus. Whole caves have been wiped out by this and it is spreading rapidly in
<st1:place w:st="on">N. America</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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Peter Kofler [mailto:sustainab@hotmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> March-07-12 12:07 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> neiletaylor@sympatico.ca;
all@gren.ca<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [All] Fire in the
Sky!</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Have you tried doing a simple search using criteria like
"<i><span style='font-style:italic'>bat fatalities</span></i>"? I got
dozens of hits using Google, but it doesn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t
matter which search engine you<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>re
using. You<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>ll find that wind
turbine operators and interest groups are studying this phenomenon all over <st1:place
w:st="on">North America</st1:place> and beyond. As it turns out, considerable
work is in progress and has, in fact, been published. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Wind turbine operators are concerned about it, and it is a
critical issue along major migratory flyways like <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Wolfe</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
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 <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>,
where bat populations seem to have developed an immunity to it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>As far as bird fatalities go, see the attached link: <a
href="http://www.sibleyguides.com/conservation/causes-of-bird-mortality/"
target="_blank"><span style='background:white'>http://www.sibleyguides.com/conservation/causes-of-bird-mortality/</span></a> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>> From: neiletaylor@sympatico.ca<br>
> To: all@gren.ca<br>
> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 20:15:13 -0500<br>
> Subject: [All] Fire in the Sky!<br>
> <br>
> Bats are huge victims of this "clean energy option", however
little has been<br>
> published about this.<br>
> <br>
> Neil (<st1:place w:st="on">E. Taylor</st1:place>)<br>
> <br>
> From: all-bounces@gren.ca [mailto:all-bounces@gren.ca] On Behalf Of<br>
> rabrosius@gmail.com<br>
> Sent: March-06-12 5:06 PM<br>
> To: Andrea Chappell; all-bounces@gren.ca; all@gren.ca<br>
> Subject: Re: [All] FW: Fw: Fire in the Sky!<br>
> <br>
> Andrea,<br>
> <br>
> Good work! There<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s always a bit
beyond what meets the eye, and this kind of<br>
> story is easily planted to undermine clean energy options.<br>
> <br>
> Bob<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry Torch on Bell Mobility.<br>
> <br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Andrea Chappell <chappell@uwaterloo.ca><br>
> Sender: all-bounces@gren.ca<br>
> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:21:10 <br>
> To: <all@gren.ca><br>
> Subject: Re: [All] FW: Fw: Fire in the Sky!<br>
> <br>
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