you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)

A while back, I found myself driving across South Dakota, where there are plenty of fields of wind turbines.

There was one about 20 years yards from the road, with a paved driveway leading to it. Curious about all of Trump's allegations, I decided to check it out, and I pulled up next to the turbine.

First of all, his claim that they make lots of noise is a LIE. They make almost no noise at all. There was a quiet, regular mechanical thump, every few seconds or so, but it wasn't loud, and it couldn't be heard from the road.

Secondly, there wasn't one dead bird in the vicinity, despite there being MANY turbines operating in close proximity. If turbines were so deadly to birds, there should be a lot of them around this area, or at least a few, or at least ONE. But there were none.

Its almost like Trump either had no idea was he was saying, or he was just lying. Or both. Based on past experience, I'm going with BOTH.

  • source
  • hideshow 7 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    As article says (and IIRC from other sources) it's the offshore turbines that pose the most risk to birds, and mostly to gliding fishing birds (bald eagle, osprey) because they barely see in front of them (they are looking down) and do not expect obstacles on open water.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    20 years from the road

    When your measuring distance in years, it's too far to drive

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments