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I doubt that wind turbines are the only power source that kills birds. Marginal bird deaths per unit of power production is the interesting statistic. This MI
by mulmen 2y ago
I doubt that wind turbines are the only power source that kills birds. Marginal bird deaths per unit of power production is the interesting statistic. This MIT post [1] links to a 2009 study [2] which provides that comparison:
Wind/nuclear: 0.3-0.4 birds/GWh
Fossil: 5.2 birds/GWh
So if you’re pro bird you’re pro wind power.
[1]: https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/do-wind-turbines-kill-birds https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/do-wind-turbines-kill-birds
[2]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148112000857?via=ihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09601...
- kjaleshire 2y ago4.98 birds/GWh in the fossil fuel estimate comes from unrealized climate change expectations. They also only looked at two coal power plants for the remainder of the study. The nuclear source bird death estimates are extrapolated from one bad weather incident over two nights from a single plant on the Florida coast. This is not a serious or rigorous study. Is there anything more recent?
- SV_BubbleTime 2y ago> comes from unrealized climate change expectations Wow.
- mulmen 2y ago“I reject your reality and substitute my own.” You can dismiss any source by saying “nuh-uh” but you need to back it up to be taken seriously here.