{"id":5588,"date":"2012-09-09T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/09\/the-irish-windmill-and-bog-scene-wwii-vet-creates-bird-friendly-wind-turbine\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:25","slug":"the-irish-windmill-and-bog-scene-wwii-vet-creates-bird-friendly-wind-turbine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/09\/the-irish-windmill-and-bog-scene-wwii-vet-creates-bird-friendly-wind-turbine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Irish Windmill (and Bog) Scene &#038; WWII Vet Creates Bird-Friendly Wind Turbine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RF9eDauhAcg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">The above <b>two min slide show<\/b> is of a &nbsp;recumbent bike ride I did &nbsp;to the windmills that line the ridges of Castlebar, Ireland. It comes with a surprise impromptu explanation from Paul Kelly of the bog lands that lie at the base of much of this wind turbine farm,<\/p>\n<p>Because wind farms kill half a million birds a year in the USA, according to a US Fish and Wildlife estimate, my attention was raised when on my Twitter, I saw that an invention had been devised that creates power from the wind but does not kill birds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nbgireland.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/709c5-catching_wind_power_prototype.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"179\" src=\"http:\/\/nbgireland.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/709c5-catching_wind_power_prototype.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=320%2C179\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color:#333333;font-family:ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<h1 id=\"ar_title\" style=\"clear:both;color:#f36031;font-family:OpenSansLight, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial;font-size:40px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300;line-height:46px;margin:5px 0 20px;padding:0;\">WWII veteran creates bird-friendly wind turbine<\/h1>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/bird-friendly-wind-turbine\/23961\/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=acbc3487e6-UA-2235360-4&amp;utm_medium=email\">STORY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above two min slide show is of a &nbsp;recumbent bike ride I did &nbsp;to the windmills that line the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/09\/the-irish-windmill-and-bog-scene-wwii-vet-creates-bird-friendly-wind-turbine\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-duplicate","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1s8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":556,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/09\/the-irish-windmill-and-bog-scene-wwii-vet-creates-bird-friendly-wind-turbine-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5588,"position":0},"title":"The Irish Windmill (and Bog) Scene &#038; WWII Vet Creates Bird-Friendly Wind Turbine","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"September 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The above two min slide show is of a \u00a0recumbent bike ride I did \u00a0to the windmills that line the ridges of Castlebar, Ireland. 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Yesterday, I found a road that, I am told, will take me to the ones closest to me. I\u2019ll keep you advised\u2026\u2026. 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