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I don't mean to insult your comment, but this is the first time I've heard someone say "think of the birds!" How many birds are the turbines killing and what k
by OnlineGladiator 7y ago
I don't mean to insult your comment, but this is the first time I've heard someone say "think of the birds!"
How many birds are the turbines killing and what kind of impact is it having on ecosystems?
- Consultant32452 7y agohttps://www.audubon.org/news/will-wind-turbines-ever-be-safe-birds https://www.audubon.org/news/will-wind-turbines-ever-be-safe... Hundreds of thousands, apparently
- aqme28 7y agoFor comparison, cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds a year (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/outdoor-cats-kill-between-14-billion-and-37-billion-birds-a-year-study-says/2013/01/31/2504f744-6bbe-11e2-ada0-5ca5fa7ebe79_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/outdo...)
- Consultant32452 7y agoRight, and wind constitutes less than 5% of total energy production. I'm not anti-wind, but we can't pretend massive growth in wind production will have no impact.
- aqme28 7y agoSo what you're saying is that with 100% wind production, it's now millions of birds. That's still about 3 orders of magnitude less of an impact than cats.
- greedo 7y agoCats tend to kill small birds that aren't considered very valuable. House sparrows for example are a dime a dozen, and are an invasive species. Turbine blades tend to kill larger birds, usually raptors that have populations that regenerate slowly.