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I assume that the human deaths are related to the toxicity involved with mining rare earth metals which are part of the magnets in the turbines.

• szemet 10y ago
  Then they have to estimate how big is the market effect of the turbines on mining. It is very very hard, wonder can it be done well enough... For example: It may even happen (logically possible at least) that stopping building turbines brings down the price but not the demand (others will buy it anyway), and the net effect will be that due to lower prices miners close safer but more expensive mines and reopens cheaper but more dangerous mines. Once, I've read an estimation where they even calculated deaths due to iron mining, into wind energy deaths!!! They simply added the deaths that may occur mining the needed amount of iron.... Big big mistake, according to what I wrote earlier. Wing turbines hardly have that direct market effect on iron miners life. And because that study (I can't find it now) was sponsored by nuclear power organizations - guess the mistake was intentional - so it was not a "mistake" more like a disgusting ethical crime...