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Because generally the birds don't really need saving from wind turbines. Numbers from an unverified source: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/gree
by NLips 11y ago
Because generally the birds don't really need saving from wind turbines.
Numbers from an unverified source:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/wind-turbine-kill-birds.htm http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science...
(other sites seems to agree on the cats vs turbine numbers)
Alternatively, from a source you might expect to be very biased in favour of birds:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/policy/windfarms/ http://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/policy/windfarms/
- lambdaelite 11y agoA problem with the estimates in the U.S. is that turbines disproportionately affect legally-protected birds, and so the numbers are suspected to be severely under reported.
- insertnickname 11y agoSo what? If they're too stupid not to fly into a giant blade, then maybe it's ok that they die.
- johnchristopher 11y agoLet me introduce you to a wonderful concept: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem Enjoy the next three days of reading.
- lambdaelite 11y agoA selfish reason to care is that apex predators like birds of prey are useful as indicators for the health of an ecosystem. Take the case of DDT as an example. A less selfish reason is that bad things happen to the rest of the ecosystem when you mess around with apex predators.