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So, 500,000 birds out of 250,000,000? Aka 0.2% of birds. How many birds do coal power plants or other power sources kill?
by IncreasePosts 2y ago
So, 500,000 birds out of 250,000,000?
Aka 0.2% of birds.
How many birds do coal power plants or other power sources kill?
- lenkite 2y agoReal number is well above that. Everyone involved in bird conservation agrees this number is a fraction only reported for public consumption - real number is well into the millions. You can ask organizations like ABC birds.
- jimjimjim 2y agoEveryone agrees? I don't agree.
- lenkite 2y agoCorrected.
- mulmen 2y agoI doubt everyone agrees on anything. If you have contrary numbers please just save all of us the time and share them.
- lenkite 2y agoUgghh. I meant everyone in bird conservation. The ABC article explains why the official numbers are a heavy underestimate. But this was in 2021 - it has gotten worse since then. This is not unique to the US - my personal experience of this was in India. https://abcbirds.org/blog21/wind-turbine-mortality/ https://abcbirds.org/blog21/wind-turbine-mortality/
- viraptor 2y agoAnd the recommendation from those people is: choose the sites more carefully. Not stop or slow down, just: > Climate change is a critical threat to birds. Recognizing this fact, ABC supports renewable energy, including wind energy, and the transition away from fossil fuels. However, not every wind project is proposed in a suitable location.
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