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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's almost silly to look into bird deaths and realize just how low wind power is on the list, even with its rapid growth in recent years. It was recently estimated that with the expected growth of wind power, it will be killing about 2.2 million birds a year in the US... in 2050. Meanwhile, power lines kill anywhere from 12 to 48 million a year right now, fossil-fueled power plants kill as many as 14 million a year right now, communication towers kill over 5 million, cars 60-80 million, pesticides as much as 90 million, and cats well over a billion. Every year. The numbers aren't that hard to find. Replacing all fossil-fueled power plants with wind turbines would be a net positive for bird populations, and the facts make that very clear.

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/08/22/pecking-order-energys-toll-on-birds
https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/weekly-data-how-many-birds-are-really-killed-by-wind-turbines/

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they actually cared about birds they'd shut up about wind power and try to get rid of cats instead

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like Bob Barker said, spay and neuter your pets.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And keep your cats indoors!! Outdoor cat pets should be illegal.

(Maybe there's a case for farm cats keeping vermin population in check? I don't know enough to have an opinion on that.)