Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Wind turbines make bat lungs explode

Well now. If this is true it adds a bit of a difficulty for the enviromentalists does it not? I mean added to the noise and the marred skyline....

"Beware: exploding lungs" is not a sign one would expect to see at a wind farm. But a new study suggests this is the main reason bats die in large numbers around wind turbines. The risk that wind turbines pose to birds is well known and has dogged debates over wind energy. In fact, several studies have suggested the risk to bats is greater...

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