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The Feature Creep

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Windmills and Bats

03/02/2006 9:45 AM

Looks like there might be an unexpected casualty of the "Green Energy" revolution, bats. It turns out that thousands of bats fly into the props do to their inability to see the spinning blades. Songbirds are also facing this problem, but not to the same extent. Here is a link to the story.

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Guru

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bat in the windmill

03/03/2006 8:07 PM

One thing to we can do to combat the lose of these birds and bats it too pu up more birdhouses and bat houses where the birds and bats stand a better chance of surviving and increasing their numbers till the windmill design catches up with the problem they present.

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