▲ 490 ▼ People Are Okay With Wind & Solar Installations In Their Neighborhoods, Studies Say (cleantechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments People Are Okay With Wind & Solar Installations In Their Neighborhoods, Studies Say::More neighborhoods than ever are accepting the role of solar and wind power installations near their homes and towns.
[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) My point is that the comparison is meaningless permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mriguy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* No it isn't. The rate of birds killed is not important. The NUMBER of birds killed is, and wind turbines are just a rounding error in the number of birds killed. Even if we increased the number of turbines to supply all of the country's electricity, it would STILL not be anywhere near as many as cats. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mriguy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* No it isn't. The rate of birds killed is not important. The NUMBER of birds killed is, and wind turbines are just a rounding error in the number of birds killed. Even if we increased the number of turbines to supply all of the country's electricity, it would STILL not be anywhere near as many as cats. permalink fedilink source parent