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Panels are nice and quiet, we have plenty of roofs, and don't kill birds or bats. Wind Farms are a bit noisy, kill birds and bats, and have one heck of a bad f
by protomyth 9y ago
Panels are nice and quiet, we have plenty of roofs, and don't kill birds or bats. Wind Farms are a bit noisy, kill birds and bats, and have one heck of a bad failure condition if you've ever had the misfortune to be near one when things go bad. Also, the wind farms that don't float seem to make much better fishing spots, so bonus.
Also, the conditions at sea make me think that wind farms would have a bit of advantage. It would seem that during conditions that require the greatest energy to stabilize that wind has more power than solar.
- specialist 9y agoI read that painting windmills white attracts insects, which attracts their predators. I'm hoping someone's experimenting with various colors. Maybe reduce the mortality. [Volunteered at Audubon for a decade. Love birds. Also hope this windmill thing works out.]
- protomyth 9y agoGood info. If I remember correctly bats had a bigger problem and losing them really screws up the bug population control.
- wereHamster 9y agoBats in the middle of the sea?
- protomyth 9y agoNo bats in the middle of the sea so that is a good place for wind power as opposed to where we currently put wind farms.
- woodandsteel 9y agoFlying fish. A report by the Koch Brothers Environmental Preservation Institute says floating wind turbines would kill at least a hundred trillion of them a day, and crash the entire ocean ecosystem.