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Re:Increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce a... by arcticbull on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @05:31PM (#32655383)
Cats kill 2,400,000,000 birds per year in the United States alone. [1]

Wind power is 0.008% of that total.

I strongly suspect that there are better ways to spend the time and money to reduce avian mortality like neutering a few thousand cats.

[1] https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/

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Re:Increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce a... by jwond on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @06:04PM (#32655767)
I think the solution is clear: we should start painting the cats
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Re:Increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce a... by dragonsky67 on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @07:14PM (#32656398)
They already come in a variety of colours...
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Re:Increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce a... by Theory5 on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @09:06PM (#32657154)
We need to fund some studies then.

Such as:

Are birds more likely to avoid black, white, orange, or polkadotted cats?

Is neon better than bright pastel?

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Re:Increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce a... by protomyth on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @10:38PM (#32657714)
Cats don't kill bald eagles (the opposite actually). That's why there is a fuss. The wind folks will probably take the easy win and skip the what-about.
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Re:Increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce a... by arcticbull on Thursday September 01, 2022 @04:09PM (#32682381)
I hope they do! A win is a win.
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