 Only five out of 500 ducks survive tailings pond disasterEnvironmental | 208506 hits | Apr 30 8:10 pm | Posted by: Hyack  FORT McMURRAY - Syncrude has vowed to avoid a repeat of the wildlife incident that killed almost all of the ducks that landed on one of its tailings pondCommentsview comments in forum You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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I had to rescue a duck once (although petrified of coming close to it, I couldn't let the poor thing just die in my backyard). Overcoming my fear, even temporarily, makes me despise human negligence
If this was news, would not the tens of thousands of birds that are chopped up by wind turbines each year be news?
Oh, wait....
If this was news, would not the tens of thousands of birds that are chopped up by wind turbines each year be news?
If this was news, would not the tens of thousands of birds that are chopped up by wind turbines each year be news?
got any stats on that?
If this was news, would not the tens of thousands of birds that are chopped up by wind turbines each year be news?
Got any stats on that?
If this was news, would not the tens of thousands of birds that are chopped up by wind turbines each year be news?
got any stats on that?
www.awea.orgThe National Wind Coordinating Committee (NWCC) completed a comparison of wind farm avian mortality with bird mortality caused by other man-made structures in the U.S.
The NWCC did not conduct its own study, but analyzed all of the research done to date on various causes of avian mortality, including commercial wind farm turbines. They report that "data collected outside California indicate an average of 1.83 avian fatalities per turbine (for all species combined), and 0.006 raptor fatalities per turbine per year. Based on current projections of 3,500 operational wind turbines in the US by the end of 2001, excluding California, the total annual mortality was estimated at approximately 6,400 bird fatalities per year for all species combined."13
This report states that its intent is to "put avian mortality associated with windpower development into perspective with other significant sources of avian collision mortality across the United States."14 The NWCC reports that: "Based on current estimates, windplant related avian collision fatalities probably represent from 0.01% to 0.02% (i.e., 1 out of every 5,000 to 10,000) of the annual avian collision fatalities in the United States."15 That is, commercial wind turbines cause the direct deaths of only 0.01% to 0.02% of all of the birds killed by collisions with man-made structures and activities in the U.S.
Utility transmission and distribution line, collisions with automobiles and trucks, collisions with tall building and residential house windows, lighted communication towers, agricultural pesticides, and cats all individually kill more birds than wind turbines, but, in a stunning display of hypocrisy, Wullu highlights wind turbines alone as a significant killer of birds.
The birds are just not safe anymore.
Maybe now that global warming has been put on hold
We better start knocking down all towers, buildings etc....and stop driving.
The birds are just not safe anymore.
The point is that in terms of bird mortality, a single pond did in less than a month what 250 wind turbines would do in a year (and that figure itself is likely based on older turbine technology, as new turbines are larger and operate at much, much, slower speeds).
There's no comparison.
We better start knocking down all towers, buildings etc....and stop driving.
The birds are just not safe anymore.
Maybe now that global warming has been put on hold
Don't forget the common house cat.
We better start knocking down all towers, buildings etc....and stop driving.
The birds are just not safe anymore.
The point is that in terms of bird mortality, a single pond did in less than a month what 250 wind turbines would do in a year (and that figure itself is likely based on older turbine technology, as new turbines are larger and operate at much, much, slower speeds).
There's no comparison.
kind of...not to sure are we?