Since the inevitable result is 14,000,000 killed by fossil fuel extraction + another 20,000 from wind turbines, it seems silly to just hand wave these things aw

Since the inevitable result is 14,000,000 killed by fossil fuel extraction + another 20,000 from wind turbines, it seems silly to just hand wave these things away. We currently need fossil fuels. We don't currently need wind turbines. There's plenty of other energy sources that are better and don't directly kill birds.