And one data center would use all the energy created even on windy days

I actually read the article. Nice misleading lead in from you. -- Late 80s Hokie 04/08/2022 12:16PM

Reminds me of when I offered up the fact that less than 3/10ths of 1% of -- Hoakie82 04/08/2022 9:19PM

From me? -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 6:25PM

Delete. Damn you, bad gateway error double post.** -- MP4VT2004 04/08/2022 1:49PM

Wait, you mean the CBS news headline... -- MP4VT2004 04/08/2022 1:49PM

Are you surprised? ** -- HokieForever 04/08/2022 1:44PM

The original lead was misleading before Edge misled you with it. -- PhotoHokieNC 04/08/2022 12:45PM

LOL ** -- Riverguy 04/08/2022 12:40PM

Because when they die with the proper permit it's different -- Vienna_Hokie 04/08/2022 12:25PM

Once something is approved by the gov't its no longer immoral...duh. ** -- HokieNoVA 04/08/2022 12:57PM

A) They failed to do the required mitigation. B) Yeah, the permits are -- Late 80s Hokie 04/08/2022 12:33PM

I suspect the mitigation would have cost more than the fine -- Vienna_Hokie 04/08/2022 12:46PM

Well the birds should have just flow around them.... ** -- VT Pez4Life 04/08/2022 11:49AM

Wind farms are stupid ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 04/08/2022 11:31AM

My avatar disapproves of this message. ** -- Tafkam Hokie 04/08/2022 10:50AM

Can’t they just put up signs to keep the birds away, or at least -- PhotoHokieNC 04/08/2022 10:48AM

Yeah i don't understand what the wind farm is supposed to do ** -- HokieDan95 04/08/2022 11:19AM

Would be interesting to see the economic history of all this -- Vienna_Hokie 04/08/2022 11:45AM

The Eagle has Landed ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 04/08/2022 10:41AM

...with a thud. ** -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 10:43AM

…the eagle craps on Friday ** -- chumley 04/08/2022 10:32AM

A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the wind turbine ** -- capitals1 04/08/2022 10:29AM

Or a bird in hand makes 2 when it hits the wind turbine ** -- Vienna_Hokie 04/08/2022 11:46AM

The Dude does not abide the Eagles ** -- Tuckahokie 04/08/2022 10:28AM

That's dumb. Way more eagles get killed by vehicles. Lead poisoning also. ** -- reestuart 04/08/2022 10:27AM

Cats kill 2.4 billion birds/yr. in US -- LaneRat 04/08/2022 1:00PM

The circle of life. ** -- reestuart 04/08/2022 1:06PM

Nothing like a good partisan thread to get the day going ** -- Brown Water 04/08/2022 10:23AM

What's wrong with a good partisan thread? I love a good partisan thread -- Tafkam Hokie 04/08/2022 12:35PM

I love a good Parmesan thread! ** -- NokieHokie 04/08/2022 12:42PM

Not partisan at all. We're all united in our desire to kill birds. ** -- HokieNoVA 04/08/2022 10:41AM

Eagles are independents (Sweden) ** -- fordham 04/08/2022 10:24AM

Nah, they are a symbol of America! Pic inside... -- NokieHokie 04/08/2022 12:05PM

Now that is about as accurate a portrayal as you could find right now ** -- Vienna_Hokie 04/08/2022 1:01PM

Since decades. ** -- NokieHokie 04/08/2022 1:03PM

I think we’re all against killing eagles. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 04/08/2022 10:26AM

Speaking of bird deaths, saw a mallard that had apparently been run over... -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 10:29AM

About 10 years ago at SML I nailed this beautiful wild turkey. -- RoswellGAHokie 04/08/2022 10:58AM

Killed a goose with a golfball a few years ago -- Vienna_Hokie 04/08/2022 12:17PM

1 down, 1,000,000 to go. ** -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 6:23PM

Around these parts, that creates a disturbance in the force ** -- statmanfromHCyrs 04/08/2022 11:20AM

"with God as my witness...." ** -- JoesterVT 04/08/2022 11:09AM

This wild turkey? -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 11:07AM

Most of the damage that one does is internal. Probably a different turkey. ** -- reestuart 04/08/2022 11:10AM

And one data center would use all the energy created even on windy days -- fordham 04/08/2022 10:22AM

Oh we care about animals now ** -- typed by ben 04/08/2022 10:19AM

We care about cute and/or majestic animals. If this were a bunch -- HokieNoVA 04/08/2022 10:42AM

Your opinion is hard to swallow ** -- JoesterVT 04/08/2022 11:17AM

Nothin' to crow about ** -- Riverguy 04/08/2022 11:20AM

I guess it is time to tern the other cheek ** -- JoesterVT 04/08/2022 12:05PM

Oh...there'd be somebody for sure. There's always somebody. ** -- vthokieq 04/08/2022 11:02AM

Guarantee eagles aren't the only birds getting killed -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 10:56AM

If a flock of dogs flew over and were slaughtered, everyone would fume!! ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/08/2022 10:51AM

Bad Newz Wind Farm. ** -- HokieNoVA 04/08/2022 11:16AM

LOL~! ** -- Riverguy 04/08/2022 11:21AM

Wind companies chop ‘em, solar companies fry ‘em. -- RoswellGAHokie 04/08/2022 10:12AM

Sounds like the problem was they didn't get the permits required to kill -- HokieNoVA 04/08/2022 10:08AM

LOL...there IS such a thing as a "Pigeon Bond" -- Riverguy 04/08/2022 11:15AM

The carbon footprint of the support structure has also gotta' be -- Tuckahokie 04/08/2022 10:07AM

Have you seen the images of the wind turbine blades in landfills? -- HokieSignGuy 04/08/2022 10:21AM

They actually can be recycled. We've just been too lazy to invest in it. -- reestuart 04/08/2022 11:24AM

Okay, I will amend my future statements to "Aren't being recycled" -- HokieSignGuy 04/08/2022 12:07PM

Yeah, lost of ways to be "green" without actually being green. Look at -- reestuart 04/08/2022 12:15PM

I remember back in the 70's, soda came in glass bottles that you paid a -- Tafkam Hokie 04/08/2022 12:39PM

Yep. I remember that well. I'm sure it was cheaper to quit doing it -- reestuart 04/08/2022 1:07PM

Economics..the cost of shipping, collecting, reshipping, washing -- Vienna_Hokie 04/08/2022 12:56PM

I'm well aware plastic bottles are cheaper. I'm just surprised it isn't -- Tafkam Hokie 04/08/2022 2:19PM

Green energy, baby! ** -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 10:25AM

What? the free lunch comes at a cost? How dare you say that. ** -- Vienna_Hokie 04/08/2022 10:23AM

Yep. Batteries will be a much bigger issue ** -- fordham 04/08/2022 10:23AM

Not to mention the sketchy countries you have to deal with in order to -- HokieNoVA 04/08/2022 10:47AM

One of the scariest things is the food contamination side -- Vienna_Hokie 04/08/2022 1:32PM

Why do you hate artists? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/08/2022 10:52AM

At least there is a big incentive to recycle batteries, and we will see -- HokieSignGuy 04/08/2022 10:29AM

Yes but if we go mostly electric vehicles a lot will -- fordham 04/08/2022 10:34AM

If we completely switch to electric vehicles... -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 10:37AM

Well yea but that would be thinking ahead -- fordham 04/08/2022 11:57AM

That is just to get people elected. Won't happen. ** -- VTJayLaw 04/08/2022 12:09PM

I also think people forget that electricity is generated by fossil fuels -- VTJayLaw 04/08/2022 11:24AM

But the people who want us to go "green" are militaristically opposed to.. -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 11:47AM

Maybe PMSNBC will cover the story in 18 months ...maybe ** -- The Hokie Steve 04/08/2022 10:03AM

But, but, but….it’s Green ™ ** -- B777Fr8Dog 04/08/2022 09:58AM

Sad images -- Flemington Hokie 04/08/2022 10:45AM

Nope, but it also doesn't have to always be either or. -- VTJayLaw 04/08/2022 12:13PM

Saw that, abs horrible, gotta be a way to mitigate that crap -- astrohokie 04/08/2022 09:53AM

Maybe adding a whistle to the end of each blade? -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 10:27AM

Doing anything beats crap outta doing nada ** -- astrohokie 04/08/2022 10:36AM

How???? Put chicken wire around the blades???? ** -- fordham 04/08/2022 10:21AM

Why not?... -- astrohokie 04/08/2022 10:34AM

So more infrastructure using fossil fuels. Good plan ** -- fordham 04/08/2022 11:59AM

How is chicken wire going to protect eagles? -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 10:38AM

They'd be insulted and fly somewhere else instead. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/08/2022 11:12AM

I've heard they have large talons. ** -- EDGEMAN 04/08/2022 11:17AM

And one data center would use all the energy created even on windy days

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