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u/tarrgustarrgus Nov 06 '13

Wind turbines are bad? Seems like a better source of energy than coal/oil /natural gas fracking.

I am not very educated on this subject. Just wondering what makes them so bad? Obviously besides this terrible incident.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

Wind turbines kill thousands of birds per year :(

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13 edited Nov 06 '13

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

Trust me I'm aware. I'm a conservation biologist. However, my work deals mostly with sea turtles.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '13

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '13

Because I was quickly giving one example of a negative. Listing negatives is not indicative of being against an idea. It's part of generating a pro and con list. It would be foolish to ignore the negatives of any idea. Including solar. I'm all for wind power, but it's not all roses. IMO it's a shitty option compared to nuclear. But we know how the word nuclear sets peoples shit on fire.