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If wind turbines were the number one bird killer, wouldn't figuring out the best color to paint the blades or other mitigation strategies be worth it?

• tedunangst 3y ago
  There will always be a number one bird killer, unless no birds die ever.
• mig39 3y ago
  Do wind turbines kill more birds than cats?
  • moffkalast 3y ago
    Looking at this source [0] they kill about as many birds in a year as we eat chickens in a week, i.e. ~1 million. 7 times as many are killed by cell towers, 80x as many by cars, and up to 1000x as many by cats. Maybe they should put cat ears on turbines and people would be fine with them. [0] https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/weekly-data-how-many-birds-are-really-killed-by-wind-turbines/ https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/weekly-data-how...
• matkoniecz 3y ago
  > If wind turbines were the number one bird killer They are not.
• nerdbert 3y ago
  They're not even the number ten bird killer.