We Need To Save Eagles From Wind Turbines - There May Be A Solution
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
If you are a hunter and accidentally shoot an endangered eagle, you could go to jail and you will certainly have a criminal record. If you are a wind turbine company, you kill 100 eagles a year and pay a token fine. An estimated 75 to 110 golden eagles die at a wind-power generation operation in Altamont, California each year. That is about one eagle for every 8 megawatts of energy produced yet no one is in Federal prison. read more