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		parfe on Aug 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japanese breakthrough will make wind power cheaper... More than one billion birds die a year from building strikes. 1,000,000,000 birds. I hope that puts "green" technology's impact in perspective. http://www.fws.gov/birds/mortality-fact-sheet.pdf http://www.birdsandbuildings.org/index.html And that's just in the US.

utexaspunk on Aug 30, 2011 [–]

Thanks for the info- The Ornilux glass shown on that birdsandbuildings site is a really great idea:

http://www.ornilux.com

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