Wind found us the new world, pumped water for farms and irrigation and powered mills be fore the industrial revolution. But yes, wind turbines are only one source of 'green' energy. We (as a species) should do our best to explore all possibilities that meet our energy needs and minimally impact the environment.
Shadow flicker? Really? Maybe if some how a turbine cast a shadow on ones home it would be a short while before the shadow moved.
Calculations on that are possible with this helpful tool.Please provide a source (like I have above) to back up this claim. Numbers would be appreciated.
Wind found us the new world, pumped water for farms and irrigation and powered mills be fore the industrial revolution. But yes, wind turbines are only one source of 'green' energy. We (as a species) should do our best to explore all possibilities that meet our energy needs and minimally impact the environment.
Shadow flicker? Really? Maybe if some how a turbine cast a shadow on ones home it would be a short while before the shadow moved.
Please provide a source (like I have above) to back up this claim. Numbers would be appreciated.
Good so before a wind turbine goes up they can figure out if and when a turbine would cast a shadow on residential areas; which would also help significantly with any noise issue as well.
Now this is the kind of study I like! They go into detail of reported data (or assumptions there in) . The end result is a loss of 1,200 tons per year for all(?) the wind farms in Germany with an expected loss of 3,600 tons of insect biomass (if the flying insect population rebounded to previous levels). While it's clear that the loss of flying insects have increased year by year and the wind turbines contribute to that, the authors acknowledge it's only part of the problem:
So with all those factors combined which behaviours do we modify first? The 'low lying fruit' of the solution is the turbines, but chances are it's only a small part of the problem... and contribute to other insect killing causes (like the mentioned climate change).
Please, don't give me that cats thing which is utter BS. of course 300,000 static wind turbines kill less than 700,000,000 cats. Also, that's like saying that violent crime is not a problem because it kills less than car accidents (and for cats birds are mainly food).
And no, it's not the coal industry that I am looking at. I am looking at Smithsonian, Audubon Society, NatGeo and so on, that is environmental friendly sources. It's a carnage.
Will Wind Turbines Ever Be Safe For Birds?
Here are some of the solutions the industry is testing to reduce bird deaths.www.audubon.org
How Many Birds Do Wind Turbines Really Kill?
The giant spinning turbines are basically bird death traps - and often they cut through prime flying space making the carnage even worsewww.smithsonianmag.com
BirdWatching
www.birdwatchingdaily.com
Wind turbines kill up to 39 million birds a year! | CFACT
Not only has the wind industry never solved its environmental problem, it has been hiding at least 90% of this slaughter for decades. In fact, the universal problem of hiding bird (and bat) mortality goes from bad to intolerable beyond the Altamont Pass boundaries, because studies in other areas...www.cfact.org
The turbine bird deaths are not even that bad (considering). I put up data here that showed expected bird loss is a maximum of 14 per year per turbine, and the study @Marekul posted noted an impact of on insect losses. To me both biosphere losses can be some what mitigated by selective control during migratory patterns... yet at the same time there are other deadly practices that continue on (probably of equal or greater impact to the biosphere loss) without much resistance.
