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Comment Re:Birds, schmirds (Score 1) 97

windmills kill a large number of at-risk rare large birds

Citation needed.

The most at-risk large bird is the California condor. Zero have been killed by turbines.

Spotted owls are the next most endangered. Zero again. They fly low.

Wind turbines kill a small number of at-risk birds, and not enough to be significant.

Habitat loss and climate change are far bigger threats.

Comment Re:Birds, schmirds (Score 5, Informative) 97

It is actually not much of a risk to birds.

Wind turbines kill a negligible number of birds.

The "bird issue" is FUD from the fossil fuel industry.

Global warming is a far bigger threat to birds.

Higher means more wind and steadier wind.

Power output increases as the cube of the wind speed.

Double the wind speed, and power production goes up by a factor of eight.

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