The fact of the matter is that no alternative energy source is as efficient as natural gas and oil. And no alternative energy source currently exists today without some kind of negative impact. That’s right. NOTHING IS TOTALLY CLEAN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. One case in point would be windmills.
About 70 golden eagles are killed every year by turbines at California’s Altamont Pass, reports the LA Times. And according to a recent Wall Street Journal article, a study funded by the Alameda County Community Development Agency estimated that about 2,400 raptors, including burrowing owls, American kestrels, and red-tailed hawks — as well as 7,500 other birds, nearly all of which are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act — are being killed every year by the turbines at Altamont. And this doesn’t take into account the hundreds of other windmill farms across the country. Greg Crosby