Reply #3: Climate Change Will Kill More Birds [View All]

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...not to mention plants, animals, and people, than all the turbines in the world.

(The numbers on bird deaths are often wildly exaggerated, and with work could be reduced further. Birds aren't completely stupid; they will ultimately adapt. Ask any city that tries to get rid of pigeons. ...Amazing how Big Oil suddenly gives a damn about nature when we discuss alternate sources, isn't it?)

Wind rivers? I haven't heard that term before; I'll need to do a bit of research (a link or two would be nice). Nevertheless, if I'm thinking of the right idea, I imagine skyscrapers do more damage; turbines utilize the air current, while buildings block and divert it.

On a side note--as for the standard complaint that turbines are an eyesore: are windmills in Europe an eyesore? No, they're a ****ing tourist attraction. Frankly, I think they'd look beautiful. More beautiful if some work were put into that aspect...

They certainly look better than an oil field. Can you imagine someone saying, "we can't drill for oil because the equipment's ugly?" They'd be taken out back and shot.