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This is an important point. Birds die orders of magnitudes faster from respiratory failures caused by coal's pollution.

• thinkloop 10y ago
  I doubt that's true. Birds probably live away from coal plants like humans.
  • bildung 10y ago
    Bird deaths from coal are 40 times higher than those from wind: https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*FlgPzNwGlNYMtFSy.jpg https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*FlgPzNwGlNYMtFSy.j... source: https://thinkprogress.org/chart-how-many-birds-are-killed-by-wind-solar-oil-and-coal-230d2a939bbb https://thinkprogress.org/chart-how-many-birds-are-killed-by...
    • mavhc 10y ago
      Would be best to give birds killed per MWh, for each country