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Re:Why Wind Turbines Have Three Blades by ams6110 on Friday May 06, 2016 @10:22AM (#11644156)
PV can kill or destroy habitat of other creatures, though this is probably almost entirely avoided in certain circumstances (rooftop installations, for one) where the damage has already been done.
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Re:Why Wind Turbines Have Three Blades by Aelinsaar on Friday May 06, 2016 @10:24AM (#11644173)
Everything we do, does that. Fortunately the places we put PV tend not to be virgin forests or other places we haven't already destroyed for our benefit.
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Re:Why Wind Turbines Have Three Blades by TillE on Friday May 06, 2016 @10:39AM (#11644269)
Wind turbines aren't built in virgin forests either. They're generally in farmland, which is pretty well ecologically destroyed already.
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Re:Why Wind Turbines Have Three Blades by JoeAltmaier on Friday May 06, 2016 @10:44AM (#11644306)
In California they seem to go just about anywhere. Sure not virgin forest, but maybe native savannah?

http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/overview.html

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Re:Why Wind Turbines Have Three Blades by Aelinsaar on Friday May 06, 2016 @11:14AM (#11644509)
I never claimed that they were, and bats and birds are prevalent in farmland.
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