My lunch biddies chided me today about Trump thinking that windmills cause cancer ... something that I had not heard about. So I came home, full of beef brisket and Cel-Ray tonic, and looked it up ... see: The Hill Story. Actually, Trump said three things about wind turbines (not windmills):
1) they decrease nearby home values by 75%
2) their noise is claimed to cause cancer
3) they kill lots of birds
Are these claims reasonable? I then researched this matter further. See the following links:
1) Maybe not down 75% ... but certainly down 20 to 50% ... see: Forbes Article.
2) Probably not cancer ... but many other health problems ... see: How Stuff Works.
3) In the US, wid turbines kill more tha a half a million birds a year ... see: Live Science Data
Now, dear reader, was Trump lying ... or just being quixotic?
1) they decrease nearby home values by 75%
2) their noise is claimed to cause cancer
3) they kill lots of birds
Are these claims reasonable? I then researched this matter further. See the following links:
1) Maybe not down 75% ... but certainly down 20 to 50% ... see: Forbes Article.
2) Probably not cancer ... but many other health problems ... see: How Stuff Works.
3) In the US, wid turbines kill more tha a half a million birds a year ... see: Live Science Data
Now, dear reader, was Trump lying ... or just being quixotic?
