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  • #16
    Texas

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    • #17
      If Texas was it's own country, a year ago it would have been #5 in wind production in the world.
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      • #18
        There was even a hit piece on Senator Hutchinson about how bad she is for the environment because of her support for wind power. It's pretty ridiculous.
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        • #19
          Originally posted by Apocalypse
          If Texas was it's own country, a year ago it would have been #5 in wind production in the world.
          Must be all of the chili.
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          • #20
            Wind turbines aren't the biggest offenders in this regard. Radio towers and the larger power line towers kill thousands of birds each every year, in particular those with the blinking aviation lights, as those attract birds that fly right into the steel and cables.
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            • #21
              About a year ago I was doing some work at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach and just the day before a bald eagle got electrocuted on a high power line. Supposedly it was part of the first breeding pair of bald eagles they had in that part of the state in like 40 years and it only made it a few months before it got fried.
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              • #22
                Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
                Real world solution: Burn more coal.

                California solution: Padded blades.
                Do you always try to find the dumbest possible response, or is this just a natural talent?
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                • #23
                  Texas puts Phalanx cannons around our turbines to protect them from birds.
                  "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
                  "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                  "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                  "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Apocalypse
                    If Texas was it's own country, a year ago it would have been #5 in wind production in the world.
                    India is #4
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                    AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                    AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                    DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                    • #25
                      I wonder if there are illegal immigrant families who squat under the turbines, frying pans and campfires at the ready, waiting for the free meat to fall?
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                      • #26
                        How do you think we built so many? Of course we use immigrants.
                        "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
                        "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                        "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                        "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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                        • #27
                          You should be using the military. Particularly the fat ****s who drive tanks. How useless are they?
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                          • #28
                            From what I understand, it's only the smaller, faster, turbines that are a problem. The ones that use large turbines are much slower and don't have anywhere near the level of bird death. Also note that buildings with windows kill a lot of birds.
                            Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                            • #29
                              Who are we to interfere with evolution, though.

                              If birds want to fly into propellers, jet engines, windows, etc then let them. They'll learn eventually.
                              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                              • #30
                                Actually people who drive tanks really aren't that fat. However, they still are slow. I am not built to be a runner at all (more muscular and flat feet) but I still get told to slow down by the tankers.
                                "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
                                "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                                "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                                "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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