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Are you unconsciously keeping nuclear energy out of the equation, or why is nuclear not an option in your mind - where then bird populations will be better off,
by loceng 3y ago
Are you unconsciously keeping nuclear energy out of the equation, or why is nuclear not an option in your mind - where then bird populations will be better off, and where solar also isn't destroying the surface environment where life and forests could otherwise thrive [if we're talking about having energy generated locally, then most of the world doesn't have convenient desserts nearby, which arguably we could also turn green if we wanted]?
- a_gnostic 3y ago[flagged]
- SoftTalker 3y agoThose cooling towers are just large hollow hyperboloids. There's nothing in there that would "shred" a bird. And since they don't move, it's not likely that a bird would collide with one (though maybe that happens from time to time)
- mikepurvis 3y agoThem being solid and made of concrete is almost certainly a huge step up over skyscrapers made of glass, which is a deathtrap for birds on account of being reflective and basically invisible to them. That said I think the GP might just be trolling, as I've never heard of anyone raising an issue with cooling towers being a threat in this way. The anti-nuclear discourse has always (rightly) been focused squarely on operational safety and waste disposal.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- masklinn 3y agoCooling towers don’t pull anything, they’re evaporation columns. What air movement they cause is basically some passively generated wind at the base. And if a migrating bird does not notice a cooling tower it’s on its last legs (or feathers), they’re completely static and about as stealthy as a cliff.
- VintageCool 3y agoBased on the past 30 years, I think the safe assumption is that there will not be much nuclear built in the US+Europe in the next 15 years.
- loceng 3y agoI wouldn't really base my safety on a simple shallow metric like amount of time passing.
- ajmurmann 3y agoMeanwhile in France: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240109-france-drops-renewables-targets-prioritises-nuclear-in-new-energy-bill https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240109-france-drops-ren...
- Krasnol 3y agoNuclear energy may not kill birds, but it may kill fish in already overheated rivers. Which is also one reason why they've been turned off in France, where the problem started occurring in recent years and probably won't stop occurring due to global warming.