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Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by windows2020 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:56PM (#36922770)
If wind turbines were the number one bird killer, wouldn't figuring out the best color to paint the blades or other mitigation strategies be worth it?
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Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by tedunangst on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:07PM (#36922878)
There will always be a number one bird killer, unless no birds die ever.
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Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by mig39 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @03:12PM (#36923463)
Do wind turbines kill more birds than cats?
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Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by moffkalast on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:38PM (#36924937)
Looking at this source [0] they kill about as many birds in a year as we eat chickens in a week, i.e. ~1 million.

7 times as many are killed by cell towers, 80x as many by cars, and up to 1000x as many by cats. Maybe they should put cat ears on turbines and people would be fine with them.

[0] https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/weekly-data-how...

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Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by matkoniecz on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:49PM (#36925610)
> If wind turbines were the number one bird killer

They are not.

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Re:The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On by nerdbert on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:40PM (#36926455)
They're not even the number ten bird killer.
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