I thought painting stripes on them helped the birds avoid the blades.
Nope. Turbine blades kill thousands of birds every year.
There was a study the said painting a blade reduced motion blur which resulted in a It could also mean there just weren't that many left to kill however. I am not concluding anything or advocating for wind power, just passing on an article.
I am not concluding anything or advocating for wind power, just passing on an article.
I get it. I had heard much the same. If I can remember to, I will try to track down an article I read about how bird deaths are wildly under reported.
May spent five years on a project called BirdWind, studying why birds collide with wind turbines and what happened when they did. Then, he turned his attention to the next step: how to stop birds from hitting the turbines in the first place.
He spent five years not realizing the turbines hit the birds. Not the other way around. Birds don't fly into opaque objects.
Experts say it’s promising, but they’re not sold just yet.
Could just be thin air.
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