vitskapsdamaMar 7

The Myth That Wind Farms Are a Guillotine for Birds Is Being Debunked by Hard Data

https://slrpnk.net/post/34990121

Show threadhuppakee

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/

A safe passage: Protecting migratory birds in the North Sea

Maja Bradarić summarises how, alongside colleagues, they used 5 years of tracking bird radar data, weather and phenological variables to develop seasonal forecasts of bird migration over the southe…

The Applied Ecologist
Mar 7 at 1:38pmWeb
Show threadPricklesthemagicfishMar 7
Fuck them birds. Now study the effects of fossil fuel and compare the two.
Show threadhuppakeeMar 7
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.
Show threadPricklesthemagicfishMar 7
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.
Show threadhuppakeeMar 7

However I feel like everyone who meets you is pro killing of the conversation.

How do?

Show threadjpepsMar 7
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.
Show threadTabula_stercoreMar 8
How do you plan to fuck them? They are not real!!
Show threadPricklesthemagicfishMar 8
Ah shiite that explains why they keep dying. Im gonna stop calling my massive hog “wind turbine”