Re:Bat-Killing Wind Turbines Outfitted with Systems to Stop ...
by flukus on Thursday June 27, 2019 @03:24AM
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How many birds, bats and insect that they feed on are killed (or never get to live) by uranium mining: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ranger_3_open_pit.jpg ?
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Re:Bat-Killing Wind Turbines Outfitted with Systems to Stop ...
by dTal on Thursday June 27, 2019 @06:25AM
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Per watt, I'm willing to bet (without evidence) that the ratio is quite favorable. Yeah the open pit looks bad, but uranium has a simply stupendous amount of energy. And the damage is well localized (while renewables tend to need a lot of area).