A short while ago I read a shocking and disturbing article about bird 
deaths from wind farms on climaterealists.com. I immediately asked 
myself: "Is that really true?" I wanted to know the right answer to this 
question, whether or not I liked it. If we want to create a peace legacy 
for future generations, to safeguard the planet for both humans and our 
non-human friends, we need to know the truth.

The issue is this: the story above claims that millions of birds are 
killed by wind farms. But a "green" friend I mentioned this to told me 
that this is absurd: she had studied wind farms in depth, she had 
personally visited them, and they were the safest, most 
wildlife-friendly places imaginable; the blades rotate so sedately 
nothing could possibly be killed by them; and there wasn't a dead or 
injured bird to be found anywhere around about. She went so far as to 
wonder if the writers of the above article weren't simply lying through 
their teeth.

The paradox I was struggling with was this: my green friend is without 
doubt one of the most truthful people I know. I did not doubt her 
account for a second. Equally, it seemed impossible that anyone could 
write such a credible-sounding article as the one linked above. Two 
truthful sources in direct contradiction - I needed facts that no one 
could dispute, because if lies are involved (and who won't at least 
wonder about the possibility?), it isn't good enough to merely discover 
the truth; I also needed it in a form that would allow anyone to prove 
it for themselves.So here's what I did. Read more:

http://peacelegacy.org/articles/wind-farms-do-they-kill-birds

-- 
Ron House
Building Peace: http://peacelegacy.org
Australian Birds: http://wingedhearts.org
Principle of Goodness academic site: http://principleofgoodness.net