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Modern wind turbines already are safer for bird life. The windmills that killed raptors were the small fast-moving ones, which are being replaced by more effic
by djrogers 7y ago
Modern wind turbines already are safer for bird life. The windmills that killed raptors were the small fast-moving ones, which are being replaced by more efficient, and gigantic, slow moving ones.
- mikepurvis 7y agoDo you have citation for this? I looked on Google and it's a jumble of conflicting reports. My reason for doubting is that modern turbines turn slowly in rpm, but the blade tips are still moving extremely fast. Like, just barely sub-sonic fast. So I could well believe that might still be an issue especially for large birds.