In a botched attempt to do the right thing by joining the growing community of green energy users, Google has recently invested in propeller-style wind farms.
Wildlife and bird experts have long condemned the wind industry for its erroneous claims to be both efficient and environmentally friendly.
In fact, not only is wind highly in-efficient as an energy source, but both the wind turbines themselves and the extensive infrastructure associated with them are absolutely devastating to sensitive crucial habitats for endangered plant and animal species. Add to that the mounting evidence of risks to human health associated with proximity to wind turbines, and the entire industry (complete with elaborate cover-ups and misinformation) becomes suspect.
The following letter to Google executives from raptor and migratory-bird expert Jim Wiegand, printed below in its entirety, illustrates the gravity of the problem:
Hello, I am contacting your company because of the recent news that Google has just announced a major (38 million) wind farm investment.
I am one of the foremost experts in the world on the subject of birds of prey and there is a very real problem with your investment that you should be made aware of.
I am writing to tell you that the propeller style Wind turbine that you have invested in is a mass killer of birds and bats. I know that your company has enough savvy to realize that one cannot always believe what you read. This has never been more evident than with the information and studies put out by the wind industry. I suggest that you watch the YouTube video . It will help you understand how millions of birds world wide are slaughtered each year. Most are protected species.
You should also know that the bird populations all over Europe have been plummeting for years. This includes many of migratory species that travel from Africa. One of the main reasons for these declines is the propeller style wind turbines. After crossing the Mediterranean these birds are met with a gauntlet of wind turbines starting at Tarifa, Spain. Then they must then travel the wind currents of Europe that are choked with many more thousands of the turbines. Then they must fly the gauntlet again to return home.
Please take a ride on your Google Earth and scan the ridgelines of Europe to see what I am talking about.
With the rapid expansion of wind farms in America similar declines are now coming thanks in part to the many ignorant investors like Google. In So Cal. the Condors must be manipulated with feeding stations to keep them from flying off into the prop wind turbines in the vicinity of Tejon Ranch. They will never fly free in this area until the prop wind turbines are removed. The small Whooping Crane population is declining rapidly and the Red Kite population in Germany and Italy is in dire trouble. These declines are because of the prop wind turbine and this is just the beginning of what is to come.
If your company wants to be progressive and at the same time really help the world then please invest in the development of some of the newer wind turbine designs that do not KILL. If you choose not to believe me then by all means erect 24 hour surveillance cameras including night vision and thermal imaging on you new wind farms to find out the truth. And once you do find out the truth..........Will Google choose to cover up the mortality as most other wind farms in America have for the last 25 years?
-- Jim Wiegand
It should also be noted that individuals and land-owners negatively impacted by wind farms installed near their homes or property, have not only experienced serious health and environmental consequences, but have received threats to keep quiet about the problems. Not surprisingly it’s been difficult to publicize these issues when the victims are too afraid to speak out publicly, for fear of reprisals.
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