@joenapalm Just because a lot of people support something, does not make it the best, or right (or vice versa of course) idea. A whole population can easily be lead astray with confusing propaganda. ie: Most people in some countries believe it is right to stone a woman when her husband has cheated on her.
Skyscrapers and cats kill more birds than wind farms. http://www.fws.gov/birds/mortality-fact-sheet.pdf
A nuclear plant is more than just the plant, there is the mining and its infrastructure, and the watersheds destroyed by that, etc. Look into this.
A field of windmills is much more picturesque than a coal or nuclear plant or mine, in my opinion.
Coal receives more subsidies than wind.
Even in 2007, the wind power industry employed more people then the coal industry. [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/acr/table21.html and http://www.awea.org/newsroom/releases/wind_energy_growth2008_27Jan09.html]
What about Terry Fox, 143 marathons in 143 days. With only 1 leg (the other lost to cancer - metastatic osteosarcoma) and a tumor (which killed him shortly after he had to stop his 'Marathon of Hope'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox
How about Rick Hansen who averaged 51km (~31miles)/day for 26 months in his wheelchair.
http://www.fws.gov/birds/mortality-fact-sheet.pdf
A nuclear plant is more than just the plant, there is the mining and its infrastructure, and the watersheds destroyed by that, etc. Look into this.
A field of windmills is much more picturesque than a coal or nuclear plant or mine, in my opinion.
Coal receives more subsidies than wind.
Even in 2007, the wind power industry employed more people then the coal industry.
[http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/acr/table21.html and http://www.awea.org/newsroom/releases/wind_energy_growth2008_27Jan09.html]
Did this person really spend time in northern Canada?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox
How about Rick Hansen who averaged 51km (~31miles)/day for 26 months in his wheelchair.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Hansen