Comments on: Green Energy’s Dark Side: Bird Deaths, Graveyards of Broken Blades, and Other Ecological Harms

By: Mike Jones

Mike Jones — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:43:57 +0000

In reply to Jack Fanning. So buildings and cats kill 5 billion birds a year. More birds should be on endangered list. We need more building and cat control.

By: Jack Fanning

Jack Fanning — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 18:38:25 +0000

Wind turbines kill 140,000-679,000 birds/yr
Birds flying into buildings kill 1 billion birds/yr.
Cats kill 4 billion birds /yr.
Wind turbines kill 0.269 birds/ gigiwatt of electricity
Fossil fuel kills 5.18 birds/ gigiwatt of electricity
Would you rather have a stack of fiberglass blades in your dump or a stack of radioactive isotopes, or acid rain?

By: Lepke

Lepke — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 16:21:56 +0000

Australia had a mirror farm like the one mentioned. The cost of the crew required to keep the mirrors clean never equaled the revenue from electricity production. So it was shut down.

By: NCchik

NCchik — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:41:39 +0000

This was known from the very beginning by anyone paying attention to.