Sentences with phrase «birds than wind»

All the studies I have seen indicate that building strikes kill many orders of magnitude more birds than wind turbines.

We put together a list of things that kill more birds than wind turbines to put that in perspective.

The threat of global warming could be a far greater threat to the population of birds than wind farms».

Cats kill more birds than wind turbines?

The research concludes  that taken together, fossil - fueled facilities are about 17 times more dangerous per gigawatt hour of electricity produced to birds than wind and nuclear power stations.

Kristie, if you think this is the main cause of bird deaths you must also do some research in power - lines, skyscrapers and coal power - plants which on average kill more birds than the wind turbines

Making the world hotter than it has been for the last several million years will kill more birds than wind turbines ever could.

I have seen many commenters remark that bird strikes are not an issue, that cats kill many times more birds than wind farms and so on.

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That doesn't save the really, really stupid argument made by wind power advocates that «cats kill more birds than wind turbines».

> Okey doke; let's agree that windpower is a good thing, generally, that it's desirable that engineering solutions be sought to (further) minimize and certainly monitor the effect on bird life — especially raptors — and that the «cats kill more birds than wind turbines» argument isn't a stellar example of a well - reasoned scientific argument addressing a legit scientific concern.

Not exact matches

«Wind turbines killing more than just local birds.»

Around 75 per cent of tinamou eggs wind up as something's lunch, a rather high loss even for a tropical bird, which often lose more than half their offspring.

In 2012 turbines killed more bats than birds, and the numbers of the dead were substantial: about 888,000 bats were found on wind farms, compared with 573,000 birds.

To definitively say that the birds are drafting off each other, however, the exact location of the eddies and the areas of downdraft would need to be measured on ibises, which would require flying them in a wind tunnel — a far more intrusive process than simply carrying a data logger.

Whether it's the economic unease rumbling underneath «The Florida Project,» «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» and «Lady Bird,» the political skulduggery of «The Post» or the racial tensions of «Get Out» and «Wind River,» Hollywood did have a little more on its mind than sequels and superheroes.

The bird pecking at a head wound is more preposterous than disgusting, but there's also the scene where workers are transporting a huge block of ice into town that flips the equation.

He has written more than two dozen books on natural history, including Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds (1999), which was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.

Not a boat or kayak other than our own, just the birds and the wind.»

The fact is, many more birds (and bats) are dying at operating wind plants than we know.

Returning to the question of a name, not sure if this one came up before, but in an e-mail last week I made a quick ref to the e bird (easier to type than wind car), and I kind of liked it.

During a La Niña, the winds strengthen around their brooding grounds and the birds can end up expending more energy than usual, Thorne tells Carbon Brief:

The fact is, many more birds (and bats) are dying at operating wind plants than we know, and as the turbines spread, mortality will increase.

Making Noticing the world is hotter than it has been for the last several million years will kill more birds than since 1934 will hurt very few birds compared to the 10s of millions of birds slaughtered by wind turbines.

Carbon traders; dodgy academics; vulture capitalists pecking on the bloated carcass of renewable energy; environmental NGOs; environmental consultancies who specialise in giving «expert» testimony at planning appeals, arguing on the most spurious grounds that no the bats and birds in this area aren't going to be affected by this new wind turbine they're going to be happier than ever no really; sustainability officers at every level of local government; advisers attached to every business who advise them how to reduce their CO2 count; PR companies that specialise in green awareness; dog - on - a-rope wind turbine scamsters; environmental lawyers.

Also, the fact remains, more birds die from collisions with tall buildings, windows, cars and power lines than wind turbines.

Cats kill an estimated 2.4 billion birds each year (1000 ′ s more than the highest estimate of wind mill related deaths), lets kill all of the cats!

100 times more birds and bats are killed by house cats than wind farms.

Skyscrapers in particular, but also any glass windows cause more bird death than wind mills by a significant margin as well.

However, vastly more turbines are in operation now, and more than 1.4 million bird deaths are projected by 2030 or earlier if the U.S. meets its goal of producing 20 percent of electrical energy with wind.

And yet, I've had more than one conversation on social media with people who've pointed to that Scot study to claim that «birds learn to avoid wind turbines,» regardless of whether those birds are gannets, eagles, or condors, and even if the topic isn't offshore wind in the U.K. but onshore wind in the California desert.

The UK Royal Society for the Protection of Birds have built a wind turbine at their headquarters because they realise that climate change is a hugely greater threat to birds than are wind turbBirds have built a wind turbine at their headquarters because they realise that climate change is a hugely greater threat to birds than are wind turbbirds than are wind turbines.

As someone who has a lot of respect for the animal kingdom, there is nothing about wind farms that makes my blood boil more than the hypocrisy and double standard associated with the killing of birds and bats that these wind farms are allowed to get away with.

According to the September 2014 report, «A Comprehensive Analysis of Small - Passerine Fatalities from Collision with Turbines at Wind Energy Facilities,» of the more than 5 billion small passerines (perching birds or songbirds) in North America, less than 0.01 %, collide annually with wind turbiWind Energy Facilities,» of the more than 5 billion small passerines (perching birds or songbirds) in North America, less than 0.01 %, collide annually with wind turbiwind turbines.

Greenhouse / climate change and ocean acidification will cause incomparably more environmental damage than wind farms do, and fire hazards, health problems and bird mortality will all be greater without wind farms.

Then in 2016, Donald Trump offered a more general critique of wind energy noting that wind turbines are «killing all the eagles» despite studies showing that tall buildings, like those built by real estate developers such as Mr. Trump, cause much higher rates of bird mortality than wind turbines do.

Dispelling the cats, buildings vs. wind farm bird death myth Cathy Taibbi — Wildlife Conservation — Examiner.com — June 30, 2012 It's been a tiresome retort from spokespeople defending the wind industry: «More birds are killed by cats and glass buildings than by wind farms, so wind farms are OK.»

*** Wind turbines killing more than just local birds, study finds Purdue University Brian Wallheimer 28 September 2016 EST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby.

«Less than one out of every 10,000 birds that dies from a human related cause is killed by a wind turbine,» said Laurie Jodziewicz, communications and policy specialist for AWEA.

And the same for solar and wind, etc — let's not put solar power plants in the middle of wildlife sanctuaries, let's protect birds and bats, but maybe we devote resources to identifying places where solar and wind can go that have the energy resource and are not too ecologically sensitive, and give the industry a roadmap sooner rather than later so that it can make plans.

Skyscrapers, power transmission lines, vehicles and other existing human artifacts / activities are much more lethal to birds than are wind turbines — at least, since small turbines sited on migration routes have become a thing of the past.

The Vortex is also said to be quieter (than standard wind turbines), and to present a much lower risk to birds and the local environment.

According to the Audubon Society, up to a billion birds are killed each year by colliding with windows, the second biggest threat after habitat loss, and a whole lot more than wind turbines.

But, as a non-polluting energy source, wind energy is one of the most environmentally benign ways to generate electricity and is far less harmful to wildlife than energy sources it displaces — including to birds, and their critical habitats.