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JeremiahBoogle t1_itkkadu wrote

Reply to comment by FallDownGuy in China is building a 40 gigawatt offshore wind farm, the biggest power plant in existence by mutherhrg

A study this year estimated that 1.1 million birds (ish) are killed by wind turbines in the USA each year.

Might sound like a lot until you consider that a 2014 study estimated that as many as 1 billion birds die from hitting windows each year in the USA. (Think the range was between 20 million and 1 billion)

But even if its 20 million, its still way more than windfarms. I've yet to see the campaign to remove glass from peoples homes.

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FallDownGuy t1_itkl5y1 wrote

Oh I never knew this, granted I live in Canada but I'm sure the numbers are just as bad here. A campaign to inform people to put those anti bird stickers on windows would be the best bet.

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GeforcerFX t1_itlngkx wrote

It's bigger buildings usually like office building that get a lot of it.

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FallDownGuy t1_itlnwto wrote

Oof yeah I live in a rural area so I sometime forget how many big buildings city's like Toronto or New York have.

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