marceus_lioneye [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 1 year agoCats = 2.4 billion bird deaths Collisions from building glass = 600 million bird deaths Land wind turbines = <200,000 bird deathsexternal-linkmessage-square42 fedilinkarrow-up165file-text
arrow-up165external-linkCats = 2.4 billion bird deaths Collisions from building glass = 600 million bird deaths Land wind turbines = <200,000 bird deathsmarceus_lioneye [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 1 year agomessage-square42 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]hexbear16·1 year agoafaik the majority of the harm wind farms do to wildlife is the construction process and the noise they make leading to habitat loss link
minus-squareAssian_Candor [comrade/them]hexbear11·edit-21 year agoNah they own birds for sure The rotor diameter is like 100m+ at 20 rpm the blade tip is moving 200 mph link
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]hexbear17·1 year agoi know, i live near a wind farm i'm saying that the collision deaths aren't the majority of the damage that wind farms do to wildlife link
minus-squareAssian_Candor [comrade/them]hexbear5·1 year agoAhhh yes wildlife vs just birds I missed that. You are probably right I think when all species are included link
afaik the majority of the harm wind farms do to wildlife is the construction process and the noise they make leading to habitat loss
Nah they own birds for sure
The rotor diameter is like 100m+ at 20 rpm the blade tip is moving 200 mph
i know, i live near a wind farm
i'm saying that the collision deaths aren't the majority of the damage that wind farms do to wildlife
Ahhh yes wildlife vs just birds I missed that. You are probably right I think when all species are included