A little bit of irony regarding "clean energy"

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07-02-2013, 11:11
speedysst

A little bit of irony regarding "clean energy"

Talk about ironic!! Birdwatchers flock to see rare bird, then watch it killed by wind turbine
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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/06...#ixzz2XuPWSKKq
07-02-2013, 11:28
roberth

unintended consequences
07-02-2013, 11:31
mahkcod

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA
07-02-2013, 11:49
sellersm

Irony at its finest.
07-02-2013, 11:52
Sawin

unfortunate irony for sure.
07-02-2013, 12:03
Sharpienads

This made me smile.
07-02-2013, 12:03
bellavite1

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Originally Posted by mahkcod

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA

[Ban3]
07-02-2013, 13:01
newracer

Not that ironic at all. Most "environmentalist" do not like wind turbines because of this reason.
07-02-2013, 13:12
TFOGGER

Think about this: The big Vestas turbines have a blade diameter of 126 meters (391 feet in 'merican) and turn about 23 rpm at max speed. Doing the math, that means the blade tip speed is around 500 feet per second, or just a tick over 340 mph. Now wonder the birds are getting splattered...
07-02-2013, 13:12
Ronin13

Somehow this has to be the fault of the oil companies and fracking... it has to be! Right!? Right!???? [LOL]
07-02-2013, 14:22
mtnhack

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Originally Posted by TFOGGER

Think about this: The big Vestas turbines have a blade radius of 120 meters (372 feet in 'merican) and turn about 23 rpm at max speed. Doing the math, that means the blade tip speed is around 890 feet per second, or just a tick over 600 mph. Now wonder the birds are getting splattered...

I think the largest Vestas blade is half the length you state here, or 126meters in diameter. So the blade tip speed will also be closer to half or 340mph. I may be wrong though.
07-02-2013, 14:27
TheWeeze

I used to work a lot with the guys that serviced the wind turbines for Xcel Energy at the Colorado/Wyoming border out of one of their power plants. They said they got protested for wanting to install a new gas turbine one day, then the next day got protested by another group for wanting to install wind turbines. Lose/Lose. Can't make everybody happy. Sucks for the bird.
07-02-2013, 14:29
TFOGGER

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Originally Posted by mtnhack

I think the largest Vestas blade is half the length you state here, or 126meters in diameter. So the blade tip speed will also be closer to half or 340mph. I may be wrong though.

Yup, you are correct...[facepalm]

fixed it.
07-02-2013, 14:34
mtnhack

Still faster than I would have thought.

But so what, birds are getting whacked by the blades. We have had at least 5-10 birds die since May just flying into our window at home.
07-02-2013, 14:42
Ronin13

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Originally Posted by mtnhack

Still faster than I would have thought.

But so what, birds are getting whacked by the blades. We have had at least 5-10 birds die since May just flying into our window at home.

GAH! Ban Windex!! Save the planet!

[ROFL2]
07-02-2013, 14:46
TheWeeze

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Originally Posted by mtnhack

Still faster than I would have thought.

But so what, birds are getting whacked by the blades. We have had at least 5-10 birds die since May just flying into our window at home.

Double pane windows should be outlawed immediately and replaced with single pane windows. That is of course as long as those double pane windows weren't purchased after July 1, 2013
07-02-2013, 18:41
spittoon

hahahaaaaaaaaaa[LOL]
07-02-2013, 20:59
Irving

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Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck

the title of the article is misleading. the bird isnt rare. its rarely been seen in the UK. And now you know why. The last thingt that went through the birds mind was efficient energy for everyone!

Fixed.
07-03-2013, 06:10
68Charger

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Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck

the title of the article is misleading. the bird isnt rare. its rarely been seen in the UK. And now you know why. The last thought that went through the birds mind was bits of bone

Fixed for real this time
07-03-2013, 07:20
Kraven251

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We all ran over there and were heartbroken to find the poor bird lying beneath the machine, in perfect condition apart from blood and slight trauma on the head - but it was stone dead. Cries of sorrow and anger from the assembled birders began to turn into discussion as to what would happen to the bird's corpse, as we took pictures of it lying there.

Would have been hilarious if that had ended with " a fox snatched the corpse and ran off"