This is  quiet a debate here and I am really amazed at some of the  shallow minded  comments that people posted at the end of the article .  But I still stand firm in the belief that we can  find other locatins  with good air currents to use , but the birds can not. They have used these routes for decades, and without the wind currents to help them along,  thier long migrational journeys  will be too exhausting , and the detours will make their trips much longer...  that is providing they are lucky enough to avoid our deady human obstacles.

Since the birds don't have the intelligence that humans do, they will have no fore-warning . That is like sending  jet planes full of innocent passangers on  one of our busiest airway routes with a brick wall errected  in the middle of it that is undetectable by jets ,  making it impossable to avoid due to the high speed of travel and lack of warning or response time. And if we were like the birds , with no way to communicate  or  warn our friends, then others would just keep flying into the same death trap.

Here is the latest article on the Wind Farms  in Corpus Christi from National audubon Society

As America searches for cleaner and more independent ways to power our growing economy, more and more attention is being paid to wind power. A lot of that attention is focused on Texas, which recently passed California as the leading wind power producer in the country.

The wind boom has been centered in West Texas, where land is vast and the wind is bountiful. Now that boom is moving toward the coast, where a mosaic of sensitive shrub lands, grasslands and wetlands supports the highest diversity and abundance of bird life in the nation. International developers have proposed two industrial wind projects that would bring more than 500 towering wind turbines to the sensitive Laguna Madre region of South Texas.

Texas' Coastal Bend is an important habitat and migratory path for a huge number of unique and endangered species. State and federal authorities have recognized this and have taken measures to protect this area and its fragile ecosystem while encouraging the multi-million dollar avian tourism industry.

Certainly, wind energy has the potential to help offset more polluting forms of energy generation. However, when located in the wrong place it has the potential for severe negative impacts to bird and bat species and the habitats that support them. There is no worse location in the country for wind energy projects than the Texas Gulf Coast.

Location is the most significant factor affecting a project's impact on wildlife. Guidance by state and federal agencies, conservation organizations and even several industry groups suggest that areas of intact native habitat, high bird usage, and migratory pathways (especially corridors) should be avoided.

The proposed South Texas projects blatantly ignore this guidance. And, worse, there is absolutely no regulatory review of this industry in Texas by any state or federal agency. The wind energy projects proposed in South Texas are two of many that have been scouted by developers along the Texas coast, and which could spell disaster for wildlife on both a local and national scale.

The impact that receives the most attention is collision death. Though modern wind turbine blades appear from a distance to move quite slowly, their tips actually move at about six times the wind speed. While many birds are quite agile in flight, most have never encountered an object moving close to 150 mph (and survived). Resident and migratory wading birds, seabirds, waterfowl, songbirds and many other groups of birds are likely to be at risk of collision. Bats are also imperiled by these structures, as evidence suggests they may even be attracted to the turbines, and to their deaths.

The threat to wildlife doesn't stop with migratory interruptions and collisions. Delicate habitats will be destroyed by the footprint of the turbine pads, roads, construction areas, substations and infrastructure required for the development. Disturbance to soils paves the way for the invasion of exotic plant species that can rapidly lead to loss of native habitat diversity. Roads and infrastructure will increase erosion and create barriers to the water flow that supports the wetland complex that in turn supports such rich and varied wildlife.

Fragmentation results in the division of contiguous habitat into smaller segments. Species whose life histories require large areas of contiguous prairie will be lost. This will have significant impacts on amphibians, reptiles and mammals that avoid crossing roads because of the risk of exposure to predation.

Many developers acknowledge that impacts to wildlife would be unacceptably high and they should be applauded for that consideration even when no federal or state regulations hinder them from proceeding. For developers touting themselves as "green," weighing the true impact of such a construction project would appear to be a high priority. But it hasn't been the case in South Texas. They seem content to preach only the benefits of wind power without considering the very real negative consequences of their projects.

You can see the story and comments made on it here

And see other articles I have posted on this below

Reviewing the wind turbines

Devestating obstacles for Migrating birds

Devestating obstacles for Migrating birds update

Just came over to look at this sight is been a while since I've been here...Man you have really spruced things up !!!With all the information and links you have... Im going to consider you a bBrding Guru and have for many years l.o.l. January 9th, 2008 @ 11:05 AM

I don't think they should be allowed. I know of a guy that lived near one that was built and he said the noise was bothersome too.

Jesus was good. The people the gods put around him were not. Perhaps more accurately said:::The people the gods put into their clone hosts when they wrote the scriptures were evil.
The gods created a distraction, “savior”, preventing people from realizing Jesus’s original purpose, just like they did in this Situation::::Hurricane Boss and the associated $50 billion dollars of distractive temptation. Now people think I will save them, I have to pay for everybody, my death will absolve people of their evil. Sound familiar? This is characteristic of the gods inferred clues you need to interpret.
There is a bitter pill people must swallow. The sooner you understand and begin to behave appropriately the better your chances.




A glimpse of the god's pathology:::Push them into "wanting it", cut out their clits to justify that change then fuck them all for it.
(Positioning dictates Manifest Destiny, meaning the gods refuse to accept culpability, as is the case for AIDS in Africa as well.)
The African’s experience is extreme, as we all witness, but understand this is happening to each one of you in a far more subtle way. You just don’t know it yet. That bitter pill will be used to illustrate this.

People need to understand the 20th century changes are new. Life remained essentially unchanged for a very long time.
I realize they are making promises to most of you about Planet Manifest Destiny, telling you everyone will go. This is not true. Most of you may go, but if you don’t behave appropriately I believe the majority will begin dropping like flies in a couple hundred years.
Planet Manifest Destiny is a “magic”-fueled environment:::The food is better, the sex is better, life is “enhanced” with magic.
The gods only use their power to hurt you:::If they peaked you euphorically for homosexuality you’d be out sodomizing each other. If they peaked you for drugs you’d be an alcoholic or a junkie.
“Magic” is only used to hu