Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/false-claim-wind-turbines-killing-190004518.html
How a false claim about wind turbines killing whales is spinning out of control in coastal Australia::Windfarm critics claim projects will harm marine life. Scientists say that’s not backed by credible evidence
Heard this argument in NJ from the NIMBYs as well. It killed our offshore wind project, unfortunately.
Giant propellers in the sky kill whales got it, but propellers underwater are fine right? Behind a large cargo ship right?
And those underwater propellers makes a lot of noises, reducing the ability of whales to hear mating call.
They argument was that the sonar scans of the ocean floor was hurting whales, which while plausible, ignores that the navy is doing that constantly and the floor scans are temporary.
I’ve heard this in NY. What do these people think? That the whales are so annoyed by the sounds that they commit suicide?
I heard that the invisible vibrations from the turbines spinning makes your dick slightly longer and girthier
It’s true, look at the Dutch
Hey pal, their eyes are up there (like, waaay up there).
I was at the coast in the summer, not far from an offshore wind farm, and I didn’t see a single whale in the sky, checkmate libs.
That reminds me the pamphlet stating that cows milk would turn when a train passes too close to them.
This commercial had people thinking spaghetti grows on trees.
Reminds me of the prank where Australians tricked foreigners to believe that kangaroos keep their offspring in a fucking pouch.
The BBC did an April Fools day joke along these lines too. Perhaps one is based upon the other.
That so ridiculous it’s funny as hell.
My understanding is any time you have a construction project in a marine environment you can potentially put the local fauna at risk.
The specifics matter, however, and there are ways to mitigate risks.
This reeks of astroturfing. I guarantee you the people behind it do not give a fuck about whales. They’re the same ones spilling crude oil on the great barrier reef.
I would love someone to make a fake campaing of how plastics are killing us all… wait
Some people are just fodder for manipulation and to do the bidding of others who only care is their profit.
Meanwhile, sonar
youngalfred@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The worst part is it’s not just ‘they’ll kill whales, trust us’, it’s that they’ve cited a study in a journal to support their claim - but the journal says they have no record of the study being published or existing in the first place!
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 year ago
Obviously the deep state is suppressing the truth.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is literally how q anon got started.
T156@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It does make you wonder whether someone has cooked the argument up with a language model along the way, and it’s just fabricated a citation as they are wont to do.
Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 year ago
I don’t think I’ve seen “wont to do” written out until now. Is that the spelling of wont?
Agent641@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just like my highschool essays!