TheDailyGreen.com

actually, my husband and i were just driving past a windfarm yesterday, and i said i thought they were kinda cool looking and pretty, and definitely worth it. he agreed. so, two votes for, beautiful. i don't understand why people have a problem with it.

Modern turbines pose a vastly reduced threat to birds; larger blade size and slower turns means they can see and avoid them. Also they aren't sited in major bird flyways. The bad press for turbines and birds comes from Altamount Pass California, an early wind farm from the 70s, that was right in migratory paths, had small blades that rotated so ... Read Morequickly birds couldn't see them, and which had a lattice structure that enticed birds for nesting and perching, all problematic.

Remember too that oil spills, development and transportation of petro fuels kills millions of birds, as does air pollution from fossil fuels.