Denmark: 1,000 Megawatts Of Offshore Wind, And No Signs of Slowing Down

Re:Denmark: 1,000 Megawatts Of Offshore Wind, And No Signs o... by ars on Sunday April 14, 2013 @06:06PM (#5548547)

Cats kill FAR FAR FAR more birds than windmills do. If you actually cared about birds you would support cat kills (not just sterilize and release).

But few people do.

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Re:Denmark: 1,000 Megawatts Of Offshore Wind, And No Signs o... by adventured on Sunday April 14, 2013 @06:15PM (#5548586)

To support this point (and this is just in the US):

http://www.npr.org/2013/01/29/170588511/killer-kitties-cats-...

"Previous studies had suggested that cats kill about 500 million birds a year. Marra's group came up with something very different. "We estimate that cats kill somewhere between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds a year," Marra says. "For mammals, it's upward of about 15 billion."

"Marra says based on those new figures, cat-caused mortality far exceeds deaths from other sources, like collisions with cars or wind turbines.

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Re:Denmark: 1,000 Megawatts Of Offshore Wind, And No Signs o... by drakaal on Monday April 15, 2013 @10:54AM (#5551770)

How many Golden Eagles, Perigan Falcons, and Owls Do cats kill?

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