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Wind turbines do not kill significant numbers of birds, that is a fossil fuel lobby talking point. Communications towers kill about 20x as many birds: https://w
by scrumption 8y ago
Wind turbines do not kill significant numbers of birds, that is a fossil fuel lobby talking point. Communications towers kill about 20x as many birds: https://www.fws.gov/birds/bird-enthusiasts/threats-to-birds/collisions/communication-towers.php https://www.fws.gov/birds/bird-enthusiasts/threats-to-birds/...
- kosievdmerwe 8y agoPer tower or in total? I don’t understand how a spinning turbine is safer than a tower, so if you’re talking about it in total then how many extra bird lives will be lost when the number of wind turbines increase drastically?
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoThe theory goes that, as birds have excellent eyesight and use it to navigate, they're more likely to avoid a huge slowly rotating object than a very narrow pointy one.