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[–] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of what you just said is not true, fully bullshit, so I'll just ignore all that. Dead birds? Cmon. Are we going to tear down all the skyscrapers in the world because birds run into them? Are we going to stop the entire logging industry because it takes away bird's nesting space? Don't spout anti-green energy propaganda like you are worried about the birds, if you were really worried about them, you would be pro green energy

If you consider the peripheral waste involved in their production it is only fair to do the same for everything else, and when you do, solar and wind still win. And it's only going to get better, we are refining and recycling the rare materials involved better and better every year. We are kindof in the golden age of solar power improvements.

[–] mayo@lemmy.today -1 points 1 year ago

I don't think any of us should be making assumptions about how many birds/bats are being killed without looking up the numbers. At least back when I was in school and learning about windmills (a decade ago) there were concerns because wind farms were often located along migratory pathways for birds. And it's not just 'birds' that die, it can be an important species within the trophic level that gets decimated, and then there are consequences of that felt within the food web. It's not as bad as a city, but we're talking about introducing something new into the environment, and people should talk about the potential issues. We should be able to have both sides arguments about this stuff, since we're still likely to agree it's the right choice to replace carbon plants.

If you were an ecologist it wouldn't be so easy to claim others are ignorant when they bring up concerns about renewable energy harming the natural spaces they are introduced into.