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How many birds is this going to kill? I've read somewhere it's not that nice to them.

by hexo 7y ago

sabertoothed 7y ago
If that's the metric, we need to outlaw letting cats outside.
RickJWagner 7y ago
True, wind farms kill birds. But other things do too. (Apparently birds have a lot of things out to kill them.) https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/wind-turbine-kill-birds.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-scienc...
rsynnott 7y ago
Don’t believe everything you read. Bird death from turbines is essentially nothing next to bird death from hitting buildings, or, worse, cats. It’s a persistent myth, and recently back in vogue due to the tweeting of a certain orange personage, but wind farms as bird-destroyers are not worth worrying about.
- cameronh90 7y ago
  Agree that the wind turbine thing is overblown. However, according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, there's no evidence cats are causing problems for bird populations in the UK at least. https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-for-wildlife/animal-deterrents/cats-and-garden-birds/are-cats-causing-bird-declines/ https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-... This might be different elsewhere though.
- jweir 7y ago
  Not a myth. Look at the birds being killed, not the numbers. Not the same bird species being killed by wind farms and buildings (or house cats) And the bats are at risk too https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2019/09/oregon-state-study-says-wind-turbines-threaten-migrating-bats.html https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2019/09/oregon-state-...
- wtdata 7y ago
  I don't like Trump, he is mostly wrong, but pretending absolutely everything he says is wrong, is a dangerous proposition. I still think these wind farms are vastly positive, but we should recognize the problem with bird populations, and find clever ways to mitigate it, instead of putting the question aside just because "the bad orange men" said this was happening. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-018-1192-z https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-018-1192-z

How many birds is this going to kill? I've read somewhere it's not that nice to them.

by hexo 7y ago

How many birds is this going to kill? I've read somewhere it's not that nice to them.

sabertoothed 7y ago

If that's the metric, we need to outlaw letting cats outside.

RickJWagner 7y ago

True, wind farms kill birds. But other things do too. (Apparently birds have a lot of things out to kill them.) https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/wind-turbine-kill-birds.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-scienc...

rsynnott 7y ago

Don’t believe everything you read. Bird death from turbines is essentially nothing next to bird death from hitting buildings, or, worse, cats. It’s a persistent myth, and recently back in vogue due to the tweeting of a certain orange personage, but wind farms as bird-destroyers are not worth worrying about.

cameronh90 7y ago
Agree that the wind turbine thing is overblown. However, according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, there's no evidence cats are causing problems for bird populations in the UK at least. https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-for-wildlife/animal-deterrents/cats-and-garden-birds/are-cats-causing-bird-declines/ https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-... This might be different elsewhere though.
jweir 7y ago
Not a myth. Look at the birds being killed, not the numbers. Not the same bird species being killed by wind farms and buildings (or house cats) And the bats are at risk too https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2019/09/oregon-state-study-says-wind-turbines-threaten-migrating-bats.html https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2019/09/oregon-state-...
wtdata 7y ago
I don't like Trump, he is mostly wrong, but pretending absolutely everything he says is wrong, is a dangerous proposition. I still think these wind farms are vastly positive, but we should recognize the problem with bird populations, and find clever ways to mitigate it, instead of putting the question aside just because "the bad orange men" said this was happening. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-018-1192-z https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-018-1192-z