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&gt; =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (613)258-3107 &lt;bckcdb at <a href=3D"http://istar.ca"> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01D0779C.92ECF270 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nick neither was I slamming the wind industry. We need to find power = since we are so dependent on it. I was curious about how can we protect = the birds at the same time. I had taken my tea to my stoop and was = missing the morning song I have been treated to for the past while. Its = absence was remarkable! I cannot imaging how it would be to live in a = world without birds.=20 ............................. This isn't an apology for wind farms but context. What are we to use for = power? If we use fossil C then the impact on climate and variability of weather = patterns are more pronounced. If we use large scale hydro we get large impacts on the functionally = important and biodiverse riparian zone. Major use of forest for biomass = energy will have widespread impact on forest soils their carbon reserves = and on forest diversity. Nuclear is an option that few appear to support. Given the lineup, as naturalists one might think we would look on wind = more favorably than the others from a habitat and biodiversity = viewpoint.=20 having been part of an assessment of impacts of wind turbines on = wetlands and privee to the process of assessing impacts on birds, I was = impressed at the scrutiny exercised by DNR wildlife division. These are = complex issues and none, save major reduction in energy use, are without = impacts. It is good that naturalists show their concerns over these = choices. Nick ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01D0779C.92ECF270 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000"> <P dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></FONT></FONT> </P> <P dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Nick=20 neither was I slamming the wind industry. We need to find power since we = are so=20 dependent on it. I was curious about how can we protect the birds at the = same=20 time. I had taken my tea to my stoop and was missing the morning song I = have=20 been treated to for the past while. Its absence was remarkable! I cannot = imaging=20 how it would be to live in a world without birds. </FONT></FONT></P> <P dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></FONT></FONT> </P> <P dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></FONT></FONT> </P> <P dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">.............................</FONT></FONT></P> <P dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">This isn't=20 an apology for wind farms but context. What are we to use for = power?<BR>If we=20 use fossil C then the impact on climate and variability of weather = patterns are=20 more pronounced.<BR>If we use large scale hydro we get large = impacts on=20 the functionally important and biodiverse riparian zone. Major use of = forest for=20 biomass energy will have widespread impact on forest soils their carbon = reserves=20 and on forest diversity.<BR>Nuclear is an option that few appear = to =20 support.<BR>Given the lineup, as naturalists one might think we would = look on=20 wind more favorably than the others from a habitat and biodiversity = viewpoint.=20 <BR>having been part of an assessment of impacts of wind turbines on = wetlands=20 and privee to the process of assessing impacts on birds, I was impressed = at the=20 scrutiny exercised by DNR wildlife division. These are complex issues = and none,=20 save major reduction in energy use, are without impacts. It is good that = naturalists show their concerns over these choices.</FONT></FONT></P> <P dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Nick</FONT></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01D0779C.92ECF270--
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