Saving migrating birds at Altamont Pass...

Below is an email I wrote concerning birds being killed by wind turbines at the Altamont Pass during their yearly migration. They want to shut down the turbines at certain times of the year to save birds. This is a nice thought but I'm in favor of good old fashioned Yankee innovation. Below is my email to the Alameda Board of Supervisors I wrote AFTER it was confirmed in an article that they were going to shut down turbines during the bird's mirgration each year to protect them.

----I think saving birds in their migration is a really good thing. I just don't know where all the innovative Americans have gone. It seems like the solution to all problems is to either shut something down or outlaw it. An example is pocket bikes. It was brought up that they were unsafe because they were too low to the ground to be seen. The obvious solution was to just outlaw them. Great, no thought required. Well, after sitting down and thinking for 20 seconds or so, I thought about placing long flags on the pocket bikes. That way cars can see them and kids still get to have fun. Well back to the windmills. For the money it costs to not use the windmills, you might as well put up a wire mesh around them to protect the birds. If you don't like that idea, what about tall cyclone fenses? If you don't like that idea, how about high pitched whistles that make the birds stay away. If you don't like that idea, what about consulting with experts on the subject that are far more knowledgable than I am? For crying out loud, farmers in the old days didn't close their farms because of birds. They put up scare crows and netting. Lets all think like they did. I realize most of the wind is in the summer time, but still. All that asside, I would like to personally thank you guys for doing at least something to save the birds. I'll give credit where credit is due.