Comment on The Myth That Wind Farms Are a Guillotine for Birds Is Being Debunked by Hard Data
huppakee@piefed.social 2 days ago
Before anyone starts shouting windturbines don’t kill birds because they saw this headline without reading the article, he is the key takeaway:
It turns out that while wind turbines do kill birds, they are statistically insignificant compared to the bigger killers we have in our cities and in our bedrooms.
Aside from the number being insignificant, there are efforts being made to minimize the amount of animals dying. The main solution is what is called bird curtailment - shutting the windmill of during migration activity.
Here is an article if you want to know more: https://appliedecologistsblog.com/2024/05/30/a-safe-passage-protecting-migratory-birds-in-the-north-sea/
Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Fuck them birds. Now study the effects of fossil fuel and compare the two.
jpeps@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t have a link but I believe this has absolutely been studied and it’s the same as what OP says above but specifically about fossil fuels. The amount of birds that die to wind turbines is significantly less than the amount of birds that die to the fossil fuel industry.
Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How do you plan to fuck them? They are not real!!
Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Ah shiite that explains why they keep dying. Im gonna stop calling my massive hog “wind turbine”
huppakee@piefed.social 2 days ago
It’s obvious parties who are against renewables will use this problem to their advantage acting like the dead birds are the thing care about. Obviously switching from wind energy to fossil energy is not desirable, and luckily fossil fuels aren’t the only alternative. Birds prefer to travel during the day, when there is also solar power for example. This is not a black and white discussion where you are either in favour of killing birds or in favour of saving the planet. Halting climate change and limiting the amount of animals dying for bad reasons are not mutually exclusive goals.
Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 2 days ago
I also find that birds movements are not black and white as some birds such as the owl prefers moving under the cover of night.
However I feel like everyone who meets you is pro killing of the conversation.
huppakee@piefed.social 2 days ago
How do?