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There are two things about this: first, most cell towers are not 250 feet tall. I believe they're thinking of radio and television transmission towers, which really are that big. But the vast majority of cell towers are about fifty feet tall, and indeed it is undesirable in most cases for them to be bigger than that. But more important is their claim of millions of animal deaths, which is ludicrous on its face. If this is true, then hundreds of millions of birds and bats must be dying each year running into trees and buildings, which are usually taller than cell towers and certainly far more common. Obviously the thing to do is to cut down all the trees to protect the birds and bats, right? Birds have eyes and can see what is in front of them. They don't run into trees, and to a bird a cell tower just looks like a funny-shaped tree. Bats have echo-location (which is how they fly at night without running into things) and the same is true for them: they don't run into trees and they're not going to run into cell towers. By the way, most cell towers are about the same size and shape as a large street light, such as can be found lining highways all over the US. I don't recall seeing a pile of dead birds at the base of every light pole along I-5. (complain) |
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