On Birds and Turbines
A few days ago I reported that Ed Stelmach arbitrarily stated "wind turbines kill 30,000 birds per year," however there is a reference for this: (Emma Marris & Daemon Fairless "Wind farms' deadly reputation hard to shift" Nature vol. 447 no. 7141 p. 126.). I said that his numbers were a lie, however that was wrong, the point I was making however, remains.
It state's that it takes "30 wind turbines to kill a bird per year" (the correction notes that this figure is only for raptors, the total birds/turbine total per year is 4.27).
If she sound’s high it’s because she’s horny
Apparently (I can't make this up) women's voices raise during ovulation, signalling their most fertile times.
Martie Haselton and Greg Bryant at the University of California, Los Angeles, say that vocal pitch plays an important role in judging fertility. "We have found that voices are higher in pitch on high-fertility days of the cycle," says Haselton.
If she sound’s high it’s because she’s horny
Apparently (I can't make this up) women's voices raise during ovulation, signalling their most fertile times.
Martie Haselton and Greg Bryant at the University of California, Los Angeles, say that vocal pitch plays an important role in judging fertility. "We have found that voices are higher in pitch on high-fertility days of the cycle," says Haselton.
If she sound’s high it’s because she’s horny
Apparently (I can't make this up) women's voices raise during ovulation, signalling their most fertile times.
Martie Haselton and Greg Bryant at the University of California, Los Angeles, say that vocal pitch plays an important role in judging fertility. "We have found that voices are higher in pitch on high-fertility days of the cycle," says Haselton.
Lying to cover his tracks
If you haven't heard, 500 ducks landed and subsequently died in an oil sands tailing pond in Alberta. Premier Ed Stelmach has now rebutted:
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach downplayed the deaths, saying that wind turbines kill 30,000 birds annually.
Quickly you have to think: "Where the hell did he get those numbers from?" And if you did you should know:
That number seems a little overblown, says the president of Calgary-based Alberta Wind Energy Corporation, which focuses on building wind turbines in southern Alberta.
“Studies have indicated that (each of the province’s) turbines kill 1.3 birds annually. I don’t think there are 30,000 wind turbines in the world,” said Stewart Duncan.
In fact wind turbines are one of the least effective means of killing ducks and birds. That is, after power lines, cars and trucks, tall buildings, homes, lighted commercial towers, pesticides, and house cats. That's right CATS kill more birds than turbines Ed! This really seems like Ed hating the environment even more. His government has told other lies recently too.
The issue here is not that 500 birds died, its that 500 birds were allowed to die. The birds emphasize the rampant over-raping of the environment that's going on in this province and needs to stop.
Don Page, Physics, and Theology
My last post was on Don Page's article/talk Does God so Love the Multiverse, which (as far as I can tell) is an attempt to allow modern Christians to incorporate modern cosmological ideas into their theology. I don't think the point of the paper was to win anyone to Christianity.
However, in this post I will analyze his Valentine's Day 2008 Paper "Scientific and Philosophical Challenges to Theism." This 25-page paper seemed more like a random musing of a quantum cosmologist who is attempting to reconcile contradictory ideas in his head. This summary is supported by the last paragraph of the introduction:
Generally I see science and religion as supporting each other, but there are certainly areas in both that puzzle me. Let me discuss some that to me have seemed to be the biggest challenges to theism, and give some thoughts I have had on them. These thoughts are certainly tentative, so I would certainly appreciate any help others can provide on these mysteries. [emphasis added]
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